#35B5C9#35B5C9

#35B5C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#35B5C9
RGBrgb(53, 181, 201)
HSLhsl(188, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(188, 74%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(73.6%, 10%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.03, -27.44, -20.06)
CIE-LCHlch(68.03, 33.99, 216.17°)
OKLaboklab(71.37% -0.0954 -0.0558)
OKLCHoklch(71.37% 0.111 210.3)
XYZxyz(28.5301, 38.0183, 61.0816)
Luminance0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#35B5C9 #C94935
analogous
#35C993 #35B5C9 #356BC9
triadic
#35B5C9 #C935B5 #B5C935
tetradic
#35B5C9 #9335C9 #C94935 #6BC935
square
#35B5C9 #9335C9 #C94935 #6BC935
split-complementary
#35B5C9 #C9356B #C99335
monochromatic
#1B5E68 #288999 #35B5C9 #65C7D6 #95D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#35B5C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60
#35B5C9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5C9
8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##35B5C9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##35B5C91.002.448.608.60
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6021.001.001.00
##0000008.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4AECA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#909FC9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEBB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #35b5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 210.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd9',
    500: '#35b5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #35b5c9;
$custom-light: #82cbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#35b5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71372,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#35B5C9
secondary
#CE948B
accent
#5B46E1
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5C9

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#35B5C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva