#35B6B8#35B6B8

#35B6B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B6B8
RGB	rgb(53, 182, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -33.06, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 34.86, 198.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.1036 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.108 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8440, 37.6703, 51.1944)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B6B8 #B83735

analogous

#35B879 #35B6B8 #3575B8

triadic

#35B6B8 #B835B6 #B6B835

tetradic

#35B6B8 #7935B8 #B83735 #75B835

square

#35B6B8 #7935B8 #B83735 #75B835

split-complementary

#35B6B8 #B83575 #B87935

monochromatic

#1A5859 #278788 #35B6B8 #5BCED0 #8ADCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#35B6B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#35B6B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B6B8

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B6B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B6B8	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 182, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cccd',
    500: '#35b6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b6b8;
$custom-light: #81cccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.916,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70978,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B6B8

secondary

#C78281

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B6B8

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

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