#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
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 201)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 10%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -27.44, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 33.99, 216.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0954 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.111 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5301, 38.0183, 61.0816)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##35B5C9	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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