#35B4B6#35B4B6

#35B4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.107 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B4B6
RGB	rgb(53, 180, 182)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -32.69, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 34.49, 198.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.1025 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.107 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2291, 36.7737, 49.9626)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B4B6 #B63735

analogous

#35B677 #35B4B6 #3573B6

triadic

#35B4B6 #B635B4 #B4B635

tetradic

#35B4B6 #7735B6 #B63735 #73B635

square

#35B4B6 #7735B6 #B63735 #73B635

split-complementary

#35B4B6 #B63573 #B67735

monochromatic

#195657 #278587 #35B4B6 #59CDCF #89DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#35B4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#35B4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B4B6

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B4B6	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 180, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.107 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbcb',
    500: '#35b4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b4b6;
$custom-light: #80cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.93,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70414,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B4B6

secondary

#C78180

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B4B6

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

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