#35B6CB#35B6CB

#35B6CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B6CB
RGB	rgb(53, 182, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -27.31, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 34.21, 217.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0956 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.111 211)
XYZ	xyz(28.9710, 38.5211, 62.3968)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B6CB #CB4A35

analogous

#35CB95 #35B6CB #356BCB

triadic

#35B6CB #CB35B6 #B6CB35

tetradic

#35B6CB #9535CB #CB4A35 #6BCB35

square

#35B6CB #9535CB #CB4A35 #6BCB35

split-complementary

#35B6CB #CB356B #CB9535

monochromatic

#1B5F6A #288B9B #35B6CB #66C8D8 #96D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#35B6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#35B6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B6CB

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B6CB	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccda',
    500: '#35b6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b6cb;
$custom-light: #83ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.4,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71692,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.38525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B6CB

secondary

#CF968C

accent

#5B46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B6CB

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

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