#35B5CB#35B5CB

#35B5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.111 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5CB
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -26.81, -21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 34.09, 218.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0946 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.111 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7669, 38.1130, 62.3288)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5CB #CB4B35

analogous

#35CB96 #35B5CB #356ACB

triadic

#35B5CB #CB35B5 #B5CB35

tetradic

#35B5CB #9635CB #CB4B35 #6ACB35

square

#35B5CB #9635CB #CB4B35 #6ACB35

split-complementary

#35B5CB #CB356A #CB9635

monochromatic

#1B5F6A #288A9B #35B5CB #66C7D8 #96D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#35B5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#35B5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5CB

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5CB	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.111 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbda',
    500: '#35b5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5cb;
$custom-light: #83cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.8,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71451,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5CB

secondary

#CF968C

accent

#5D46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5CB

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

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