#35A8BE#35A8BE

#35A8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.104 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35A8BE
RGB	rgb(53, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -24.35, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 31.84, 220.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.087 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.104 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7611, 32.4770, 53.6689)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35A8BE #BE4B35

analogous

#35BE8F #35A8BE #3563BE

triadic

#35A8BE #BE35A8 #A8BE35

tetradic

#35A8BE #8F35BE #BE4B35 #63BE35

square

#35A8BE #8F35BE #BE4B35 #63BE35

split-complementary

#35A8BE #BE3563 #BE8F35

monochromatic

#1A535E #287E8E #35A8BE #5EBFD2 #8ED2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#35A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#35A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35A8BE

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35A8BE	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.104 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2d1',
    500: '#35a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35a8be;
$custom-light: #80c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.635,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67778,
    "c": 0.10412,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35A8BE

secondary

#CA9085

accent

#6048E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #35A8BE

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

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