#35B6C4#35B6C4

#35B6C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B6C4
RGB	rgb(53, 182, 196)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 7.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -29.47, -17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 34.08, 210.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0985 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.109 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1556, 38.1949, 58.1023)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B6C4 #C44335

analogous

#35C48B #35B6C4 #356FC4

triadic

#35B6C4 #C435B6 #B6C435

tetradic

#35B6C4 #8B35C4 #C44335 #6FC435

square

#35B6C4 #8B35C4 #C44335 #6FC435

split-complementary

#35B6C4 #C4356F #C48B35

monochromatic

#1B5D64 #288994 #35B6C4 #62C9D4 #92DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#35B6C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#35B6C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B6C4

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B6C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B6C4	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b6c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 182, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccd5',
    500: '#35b6c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b6c4;
$custom-light: #82ccd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b6c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.874,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7142,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B6C4

secondary

#CC8F88

accent

#5647E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B6C4

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

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