#35B5A4#35B5A4

#35B5A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.112 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5A4
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 164)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 9.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -38.24, -1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 38.27, 182.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.1116 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.112 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6897, 36.4821, 40.8553)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5A4 #B53546

analogous

#35B564 #35B5A4 #3586B5

triadic

#35B5A4 #A435B5 #B5A435

tetradic

#35B5A4 #6435B5 #B53546 #86B535

square

#35B5A4 #6435B5 #B53546 #86B535

split-complementary

#35B5A4 #B53586 #B56435

monochromatic

#19564E #278679 #35B5A4 #59CEBF #88DCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#35B5A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#35B5A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5A4

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5A4	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.112 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccbe',
    500: '#35b5a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5a4;
$custom-light: #7fccbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.031,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70061,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5A4

secondary

#C68089

accent

#4A5DDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5A4

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

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