#35B8B4#35B8B4

#35B8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.110 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B8B4
RGB	rgb(53, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -35.16, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 36.09, 193.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.1074 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.11 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8431, 38.3300, 49.1549)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B8B4 #B83539

analogous

#35B873 #35B8B4 #357BB8

triadic

#35B8B4 #B435B8 #B8B435

tetradic

#35B8B4 #7335B8 #B83539 #7BB835

square

#35B8B4 #7335B8 #B83539 #7BB835

split-complementary

#35B8B4 #B8357B #B87335

monochromatic

#1A5957 #278886 #35B8B4 #5BD0CC #8ADDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#35B8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#35B8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B8B4

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B8B4	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.110 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ceca',
    500: '#35b8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b8b4;
$custom-light: #80ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.168,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71333,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B8B4

secondary

#C78183

accent

#494EDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B8B4

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

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