#35B5BE#35B5BE

#35B5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5BE
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -30.80, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 34.07, 205.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.1 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.108 202)
XYZ	xyz(27.2822, 37.5191, 54.5093)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5BE #BE3E35

analogous

#35BE83 #35B5BE #3570BE

triadic

#35B5BE #BE35B5 #B5BE35

tetradic

#35B5BE #8335BE #BE3E35 #70BE35

square

#35B5BE #8335BE #BE3E35 #70BE35

split-complementary

#35B5BE #BE3570 #BE8335

monochromatic

#1A5A5E #28878E #35B5BE #5ECAD2 #8EDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#35B5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#35B5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5BE

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5BE	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)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd1',
    500: '#35b5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5be;
$custom-light: #81cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.942,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70951,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.37522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5BE

secondary

#CA8985

accent

#5248E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5BE

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

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