#35B5C4#35B5C4

#35B5C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5C4
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 196)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -28.98, -17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 33.89, 211.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0975 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.109 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9515, 37.7868, 58.0343)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5C4 #C44435

analogous

#35C48C #35B5C4 #356EC4

triadic

#35B5C4 #C435B5 #B5C435

tetradic

#35B5C4 #8C35C4 #C44435 #6EC435

square

#35B5C4 #8C35C4 #C44435 #6EC435

split-complementary

#35B5C4 #C4356E #C48C35

monochromatic

#1B5C64 #288994 #35B5C4 #62C8D4 #92D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#35B5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#35B5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5C4

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5C4	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd5',
    500: '#35b5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5c4;
$custom-light: #82cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.294,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71177,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5C4

secondary

#CC9088

accent

#5747E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5C4

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

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