#35B5B4#35B5B4

#35B5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.108 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5B4
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 180)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -33.75, -9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 35.06, 195.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.1044 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.108 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2265, 37.0968, 48.9493)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5B4 #B53536

analogous

#35B574 #35B5B4 #3576B5

triadic

#35B5B4 #B435B5 #B5B435

tetradic

#35B5B4 #7435B5 #B53536 #76B535

square

#35B5B4 #7435B5 #B53536 #76B535

split-complementary

#35B5B4 #B53576 #B57435

monochromatic

#195656 #278685 #35B5B4 #59CECD #88DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#35B5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#35B5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5B4

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5B4	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.108 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbca',
    500: '#35b5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5b4;
$custom-light: #80cbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.531,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70591,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5B4

secondary

#C68080

accent

#4A4BDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5B4

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

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