#35A8BD#35A8BD

#35A8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.104 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A8BD
RGB	rgb(53, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -24.67, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 31.76, 219.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0874 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.104 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6522, 32.4334, 53.0953)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A8BD #BD4A35

analogous

#35BD8E #35A8BD #3564BD

triadic

#35A8BD #BD35A8 #A8BD35

tetradic

#35A8BD #8E35BD #BD4A35 #64BD35

square

#35A8BD #8E35BD #BD4A35 #64BD35

split-complementary

#35A8BD #BD3564 #BD8E35

monochromatic

#1A535D #287E8D #35A8BD #5DC0D2 #8DD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#35A8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#35A8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A8BD

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A8BD	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.104 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2d1',
    500: '#35a8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a8bd;
$custom-light: #80c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.265,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67737,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A8BD

secondary

#CA8F84

accent

#6048DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A8BD

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

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