#35B5B8#35B5B8

#35B5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.107 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5B8
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -32.58, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 34.56, 199.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.1026 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.107 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6399, 37.2622, 51.1264)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5B8 #B83835

analogous

#35B87A #35B5B8 #3574B8

triadic

#35B5B8 #B835B5 #B5B835

tetradic

#35B5B8 #7A35B8 #B83835 #74B835

square

#35B5B8 #7A35B8 #B83835 #74B835

split-complementary

#35B5B8 #B83574 #B87A35

monochromatic

#1A5859 #278688 #35B5B8 #5BCDD0 #8ADBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#35B5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#35B5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5B8

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5B8	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.107 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbcd',
    500: '#35b5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5b8;
$custom-light: #80cbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.374,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70732,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5B8

secondary

#C78381

accent

#4D49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5B8

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

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