#35B5B2#35B5B2

#35B5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.108 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5B2
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -34.33, -8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 35.36, 193.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.1052 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.108 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0243, 37.0159, 47.8841)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5B2 #B53538

analogous

#35B572 #35B5B2 #3578B5

triadic

#35B5B2 #B235B5 #B5B235

tetradic

#35B5B2 #7235B5 #B53538 #78B535

square

#35B5B2 #7235B5 #B53538 #78B535

split-complementary

#35B5B2 #B53578 #B57235

monochromatic

#195655 #278683 #35B5B2 #59CECC #88DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#35B5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#35B5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5B2

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5B2	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.108 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc9',
    500: '#35b5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5b2;
$custom-light: #80cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.594,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70522,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5B2

secondary

#C68081

accent

#4A4DDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5B2

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

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