#35A496#35A496

#35A496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.101 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A496
RGB	rgb(53, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -34.26, -1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 34.31, 183.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.1005 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.101 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2461, 29.5075, 33.4768)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A496 #A43543

analogous

#35A45E #35A496 #357BA4

triadic

#35A496 #9635A4 #A49635

tetradic

#35A496 #5E35A4 #A43543 #7BA435

square

#35A496 #5E35A4 #A43543 #7BA435

split-complementary

#35A496 #A4357B #A45E35

monochromatic

#174741 #26766C #35A496 #50C6B7 #7ED5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#35A496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#35A496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #35A496

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A496	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.101 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbfb4',
    500: '#35a496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a496;
$custom-light: #7bbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.432,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65323,
    "c": 0.10061,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A496

secondary

#BE767F

accent

#4D5FDB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A496

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

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