#35B5BA#35B5BA

#35B5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5BA
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -31.99, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 34.36, 201.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.1017 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.108 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8510, 37.3466, 52.2383)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5BA #BA3A35

analogous

#35BA7D #35B5BA #3572BA

triadic

#35B5BA #BA35B5 #B5BA35

tetradic

#35B5BA #7D35BA #BA3A35 #72BA35

square

#35B5BA #7D35BA #BA3A35 #72BA35

split-complementary

#35B5BA #BA3572 #BA7D35

monochromatic

#1A585B #27878A #35B5BA #5CCCD0 #8BDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#35B5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#35B5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5BA

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5BA	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbce',
    500: '#35b5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5ba;
$custom-light: #81cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.256,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70804,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5BA

secondary

#C88582

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5BA

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

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