#35979E#35979E

#35979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.089 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35979E
RGB	rgb(53, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -25.64, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 28.33, 205.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.083 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.089 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7037, 25.3566, 36.2497)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35979E #9E3C35

analogous

#359E71 #35979E #35639E

triadic

#35979E #9E3597 #979E35

tetradic

#35979E #71359E #9E3C35 #639E35

square

#35979E #71359E #9E3C35 #639E35

split-complementary

#35979E #9E3563 #9E7135

monochromatic

#163F42 #266B70 #35979E #4DBBC3 #7BCDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#35979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#35979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #35979E

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35979E	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.089 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab6ba',
    500: '#35979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35979e;
$custom-light: #7ab6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62318,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35979E

secondary

#BB7873

accent

#584FD9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #35979E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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