#35B5BD#35B5BD

#35B5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5BD
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -31.10, -14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 34.13, 204.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.1004 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1733, 37.4755, 53.9356)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5BD #BD3D35

analogous

#35BD81 #35B5BD #3571BD

triadic

#35B5BD #BD35B5 #B5BD35

tetradic

#35B5BD #8135BD #BD3D35 #71BD35

square

#35B5BD #8135BD #BD3D35 #71BD35

split-complementary

#35B5BD #BD3571 #BD8135

monochromatic

#1A595D #28878D #35B5BD #5DCBD2 #8DDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#35B5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#35B5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5BD

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5BD	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd0',
    500: '#35b5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5bd;
$custom-light: #81cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70914,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5BD

secondary

#CA8884

accent

#5148DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5BD

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

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