#35909E Hex Color

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With its medium-dark value and muted cyan character, #35909e feels refreshing, focused, and open without appearing loud. This cool shade supports communication, technology, aerospace, and productivity interfaces, especially as a supporting tone beside warm white or coral. Black text remains readable at about 5.6:1 contrast. The hex code for this color is #35909e.

Questions about #35909e

What is #35909e in RGB, HSL and CMYK?
In RGB, #35909e is rgb(53, 144, 158), in HSL hsl(188, 50%, 41%) and in CMYK 66%, 9%, 0%, 38%.
Is #35909e a warm or cool color?
#35909e is a cool, muted cyan with a blue-green character, giving interfaces a refreshing, focused feel without the intensity of brighter turquoise and working well beside warm white or coral.
Is #35909e readable on white or black?
#35909e has a 3.72:1 contrast ratio on white and 5.63:1 on black. WCAG asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, so on white it works only for large text (24px, or 18.5px bold) and on black it works for body text. Try other pairs in the contrast checker.