#35A5BA#35A5BA

#35A5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.102 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A5BA
RGB	rgb(53, 165, 186)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -24.08, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 31.23, 219.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0857 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.102 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7825, 31.2096, 51.2155)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A5BA #BA4A35

analogous

#35BA8D #35A5BA #3562BA

triadic

#35A5BA #BA35A5 #A5BA35

tetradic

#35A5BA #8D35BA #BA4A35 #62BA35

square

#35A5BA #8D35BA #BA4A35 #62BA35

split-complementary

#35A5BA #BA3562 #BA8D35

monochromatic

#1A505B #277B8A #35A5BA #5CBED0 #8BD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#35A5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#35A5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A5BA

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A5BA	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 165, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.102 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0ce',
    500: '#35a5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a5ba;
$custom-light: #7fc0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66884,
    "c": 0.10198,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A5BA

secondary

#C88E82

accent

#6149DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A5BA

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

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