#35B8BA#35B8BA

#35B8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B8BA
RGB	rgb(53, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -33.42, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 35.24, 198.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1047 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.109 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4676, 38.5798, 52.4439)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B8BA #BA3735

analogous

#35BA7A #35B8BA #3576BA

triadic

#35B8BA #BA35B8 #B8BA35

tetradic

#35B8BA #7A35BA #BA3735 #76BA35

square

#35B8BA #7A35BA #BA3735 #76BA35

split-complementary

#35B8BA #BA3576 #BA7A35

monochromatic

#1A5A5B #27898A #35B8BA #5CCFD0 #8BDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#35B8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#35B8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B8BA

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B8BA	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cece',
    500: '#35b8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b8ba;
$custom-light: #81cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.902,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71542,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B8BA

secondary

#C88482

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B8BA

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

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