#35B5C8#35B5C8

#35B5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.110 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5C8
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -27.75, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 33.95, 215.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0958 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.11 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4129, 37.9714, 60.4641)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5C8 #C84835

analogous

#35C892 #35B5C8 #356CC8

triadic

#35B5C8 #C835B5 #B5C835

tetradic

#35B5C8 #9235C8 #C84835 #6CC835

square

#35B5C8 #9235C8 #C84835 #6CC835

split-complementary

#35B5C8 #C8356C #C89235

monochromatic

#1B5D67 #288998 #35B5C8 #64C7D6 #95D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#35B5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#35B5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5C8

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5C8	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.110 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd8',
    500: '#35b5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5c8;
$custom-light: #82cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.755,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71332,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5C8

secondary

#CE938B

accent

#5A46E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5C8

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

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