#35A8B4#35A8B4

#35A8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.101 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A8B4
RGB	rgb(53, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -27.46, -15.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 31.51, 209.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0912 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.101 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7055, 32.0547, 48.1090)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A8B4 #B44135

analogous

#35B480 #35A8B4 #3569B4

triadic

#35A8B4 #B435A8 #A8B435

tetradic

#35A8B4 #8035B4 #B44135 #69B435

square

#35A8B4 #8035B4 #B44135 #69B435

split-complementary

#35A8B4 #B43569 #B48035

monochromatic

#195055 #277C85 #35A8B4 #58C3CE #88D4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#35A8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#35A8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A8B4

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A8B4	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8894B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.101 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc2ca',
    500: '#35a8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a8b4;
$custom-light: #7fc2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.669,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67383,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A8B4

secondary

#C6867F

accent

#584ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A8B4

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

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