#35A5AF#35A5AF

#35A5AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5AF
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 175)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -27.49, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 30.99, 207.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0903 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6578, 30.7597, 45.2922)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5AF #AF3F35

analogous

#35AF7C #35A5AF #3568AF

triadic

#35A5AF #AF35A5 #A5AF35

tetradic

#35A5AF #7C35AF #AF3F35 #68AF35

square

#35A5AF #7C35AF #AF3F35 #68AF35

split-complementary

#35A5AF #AF3568 #AF7C35

monochromatic

#194C51 #277980 #35A5AF #56C2CC #85D3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#35A5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#35A5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5AF

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5AF	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)

#989EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8691AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec0c6',
    500: '#35a5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5af;
$custom-light: #7ec0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.918,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66451,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5AF

secondary

#C4827C

accent

#574BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5AF

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

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