#35B4B8#35B4B8

#35B4B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B4B8
RGB	rgb(53, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -32.11, -11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 34.27, 200.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.1016 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.107 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4373, 36.8570, 51.0589)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B4B8 #B83935

analogous

#35B87B #35B4B8 #3573B8

triadic

#35B4B8 #B835B4 #B4B835

tetradic

#35B4B8 #7B35B8 #B83935 #73B835

square

#35B4B8 #7B35B8 #B83935 #73B835

split-complementary

#35B4B8 #B83573 #B87B35

monochromatic

#1A5759 #278688 #35B4B8 #5BCCD0 #8ADBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#35B4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#35B4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B4B8

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B4B8	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbcd',
    500: '#35b4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b4b8;
$custom-light: #80cbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.832,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70486,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B4B8

secondary

#C78381

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B4B8

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

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