#35B4CA#35B4CA

#35B4CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.111 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B4CA
RGB	rgb(53, 180, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -26.63, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 33.92, 218.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.094 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.111 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4455, 37.6603, 61.6356)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B4CA #CA4B35

analogous

#35CA95 #35B4CA #356ACA

triadic

#35B4CA #CA35B4 #B4CA35

tetradic

#35B4CA #9535CA #CA4B35 #6ACA35

square

#35B4CA #9535CA #CA4B35 #6ACA35

split-complementary

#35B4CA #CA356A #CA9535

monochromatic

#1C5E69 #28899A #35B4CA #65C6D7 #96D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#35B4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#35B4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B4CA

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B4CA	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 180, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.111 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cada',
    500: '#35b4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b4ca;
$custom-light: #82cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.859,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7117,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B4CA

secondary

#CF968C

accent

#5D46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B4CA

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

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