#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
RGBrgb(53, 181, 203)
HSLhsl(189, 59%, 50%)
HSVhsv(189, 74%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(73.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(68.10, -26.81, -21.06)
CIE-LCHlch(68.10, 34.09, 218.14°)
OKLaboklab(71.45% -0.0946 -0.0586)
OKLCHoklch(71.45% 0.111 211.8)
XYZxyz(28.7669, 38.1130, 62.3288)
Luminance0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##35B5CB1.002.448.628.62
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6221.001.001.00
##0000008.6221.001.001.00

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

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#35B5CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva