#35A4B8#35A4B8

#35A4B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.101 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A4B8
RGB	rgb(53, 164, 184)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -24.20, -19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 30.97, 218.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0855 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.101 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3917, 30.7658, 50.0437)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A4B8 #B84935

analogous

#35B88B #35A4B8 #3563B8

triadic

#35A4B8 #B835A4 #A4B835

tetradic

#35A4B8 #8B35B8 #B84935 #63B835

square

#35A4B8 #8B35B8 #B84935 #63B835

split-complementary

#35A4B8 #B83563 #B88B35

monochromatic

#1A4F59 #277A88 #35A4B8 #5BBED0 #8AD1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#35A4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#35A4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A4B8

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A4B8	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 164, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.101 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfcd',
    500: '#35a4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a4b8;
$custom-light: #7fbfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.16,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66558,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A4B8

secondary

#C78C81

accent

#6049DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A4B8

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

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