#35B5CC#35B5CC

#35B5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.112 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B5CC
RGB	rgb(53, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -26.50, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 34.16, 219.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0942 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.112 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8865, 38.1608, 62.9584)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B5CC #CC4C35

analogous

#35CC97 #35B5CC #3569CC

triadic

#35B5CC #CC35B5 #B5CC35

tetradic

#35B5CC #9735CC #CC4C35 #69CC35

square

#35B5CC #9735CC #CC4C35 #69CC35

split-complementary

#35B5CC #CC3569 #CC9735

monochromatic

#1B5F6B #278B9C #35B5CC #66C7D8 #97D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#35B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#35B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B5CC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B5CC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.112 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbdb',
    500: '#35b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b5cc;
$custom-light: #83cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.139,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71491,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B5CC

secondary

#D0978D

accent

#5D45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B5CC

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

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