#35B5A9#35B5A9

#35B5A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.110 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5A9
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 169)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 6.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -36.87, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 37.08, 186.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.1093 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.11 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1501, 36.6663, 43.2802)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5A9 #B53541

analogous

#35B569 #35B5A9 #3581B5

triadic

#35B5A9 #A935B5 #B5A935

tetradic

#35B5A9 #6935B5 #B53541 #81B535

square

#35B5A9 #6935B5 #B53541 #81B535

split-complementary

#35B5A9 #B53581 #B56935

monochromatic

#195651 #27867D #35B5A9 #59CEC3 #88DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#35B5A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#35B5A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5A9

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5A9	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.110 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccc2',
    500: '#35b5a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5a9;
$custom-light: #7fccc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.375,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7022,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5A9

secondary

#C68086

accent

#4A58DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5A9

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

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