#35B5B6#35B5B6

#35B5B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5B6
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 182)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -33.17, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 34.80, 197.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.1035 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.108 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4317, 37.1789, 50.0301)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5B6 #B63635

analogous

#35B676 #35B5B6 #3574B6

triadic

#35B5B6 #B635B5 #B5B635

tetradic

#35B5B6 #7635B6 #B63635 #74B635

square

#35B5B6 #7635B6 #B63635 #74B635

split-complementary

#35B5B6 #B63574 #B67635

monochromatic

#195757 #278687 #35B5B6 #59CECF #89DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#35B5B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#35B5B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5B6

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5B6	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbcb',
    500: '#35b5b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5b6;
$custom-light: #80cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.465,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70661,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5B6

secondary

#C78180

accent

#4B4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5B6

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

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