#35B8BB#35B8BB

#35B8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B8BB
RGB	rgb(53, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -33.13, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 35.13, 199.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1043 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.109 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5743, 38.6224, 53.0057)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B8BB #BB3835

analogous

#35BB7B #35B8BB #3575BB

triadic

#35B8BB #BB35B8 #B8BB35

tetradic

#35B8BB #7B35BB #BB3835 #75BB35

square

#35B8BB #7B35BB #BB3835 #75BB35

split-complementary

#35B8BB #BB3575 #BB7B35

monochromatic

#1A5A5C #27898B #35B8BB #5CCED1 #8CDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#35B8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#35B8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B8BB

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B8BB	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecf',
    500: '#35b8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b8bb;
$custom-light: #81cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.343,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71577,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B8BB

secondary

#C98583

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B8BB

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

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