#35B5C0#35B5C0

#35B5C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5C0
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 192)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -30.20, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 33.97, 207.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0992 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.108 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5023, 37.6071, 55.6684)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5C0 #C04035

analogous

#35C085 #35B5C0 #356FC0

triadic

#35B5C0 #C035B5 #B5C035

tetradic

#35B5C0 #8535C0 #C04035 #6FC035

square

#35B5C0 #8535C0 #C04035 #6FC035

split-complementary

#35B5C0 #C0356F #C08535

monochromatic

#1B5B60 #288890 #35B5C0 #5FCAD3 #8FDAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#35B5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#35B5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5C0

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5C0	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd3',
    500: '#35b5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5c0;
$custom-light: #81cbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.748,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71025,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5C0

secondary

#CB8B86

accent

#5448E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5C0

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

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