#35B5CA#35B5CA

#35B5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5CA
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -27.13, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 34.04, 217.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.095 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.111 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6481, 38.0655, 61.7032)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5CA #CA4A35

analogous

#35CA94 #35B5CA #356BCA

triadic

#35B5CA #CA35B5 #B5CA35

tetradic

#35B5CA #9435CA #CA4A35 #6BCA35

square

#35B5CA #9435CA #CA4A35 #6BCA35

split-complementary

#35B5CA #CA356B #CA9435

monochromatic

#1C5E69 #288A9A #35B5CA #65C7D7 #96D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#35B5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#35B5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5CA

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5CA	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbda',
    500: '#35b5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5ca;
$custom-light: #82cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.456,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71411,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5CA

secondary

#CF958C

accent

#5C46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5CA

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

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