#35B8B5#35B8B5

#35B8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B8B5
RGB	rgb(53, 184, 181)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -34.87, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 35.93, 193.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.1069 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.11 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9453, 38.3709, 49.6933)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B8B5 #B83538

analogous

#35B874 #35B8B5 #357AB8

triadic

#35B8B5 #B535B8 #B8B535

tetradic

#35B8B5 #7435B8 #B83538 #7AB835

square

#35B8B5 #7435B8 #B83538 #7AB835

split-complementary

#35B8B5 #B8357A #B87435

monochromatic

#1A5958 #278886 #35B8B5 #5BD0CD #8ADDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#35B8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#35B8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B8B5

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B8B5	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)

#ADAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 184, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecb',
    500: '#35b8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b8b5;
$custom-light: #81cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.626,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71367,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B8B5

secondary

#C78183

accent

#494DDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B8B5

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

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