#35a8ea

Color #35a8ea

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 10.61 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#35a8ea

RGB

rgb(53, 168, 234)

HSL

hsl(201.9, 81.2%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.9, 77.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(77.4%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(65.51, -9.73, -42.1)

LCH

lch(65.51, 43.21, 256.99)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.1388, 239.13)

HWB

hwb(201.9, 20.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ea7735

Analogous

#35ead2

#35a8ea

#354eea

Triadic

#35a8ea

#ea35a8

#a8ea35

Split-complementary

#35a8ea

#ea354e

#ead235

Tetradic

#35a8ea

#7735ea

#ea7735

#a8ea35

Square

#35a8ea

#d235ea

#ea7735

#4eea35

Shades

Color #35a8ea mixed toward black.

#1692d9

#1275ad

#0d5882

#093a57

#041d2b

Tints

Color #35a8ea mixed toward white.

#57b6ee

#78c5f1

#9ad3f5

#bce2f8

#ddf0fc

Tones

Color #35a8ea mixed toward gray.

#44a4db

#53a0cc

#629cbd

#7198ae

#80949f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797adc · ΔE 22.2

Deuteranopia

#7269d9 · ΔE 26.4

Tritanopia

#41d1ce · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 22.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #35a8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#35a8ea]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Frequently asked questions

#35a8ea (#35a8ea) is rgb(53, 168, 234) in RGB.

No, #35a8ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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