#35B4CC#35B4CC

#35B4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.112 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B4CC
RGB	rgb(53, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -26.00, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 34.06, 220.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0932 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.112 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6839, 37.7556, 62.8908)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B4CC #CC4D35

analogous

#35CC98 #35B4CC #3569CC

triadic

#35B4CC #CC35B4 #B4CC35

tetradic

#35B4CC #9835CC #CC4D35 #69CC35

square

#35B4CC #9835CC #CC4D35 #69CC35

split-complementary

#35B4CC #CC3569 #CC9835

monochromatic

#1B5F6B #278A9C #35B4CC #66C6D8 #97D8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#35B4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#35B4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B4CC

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B4CC	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.112 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cadb',
    500: '#35b4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b4cc;
$custom-light: #83cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.536,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7125,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B4CC

secondary

#D0978D

accent

#5E45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B4CC

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

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