#35B8BC#35B8BC

#35B8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B8BC
RGB	rgb(53, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -32.83, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 35.02, 200.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1039 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.109 198)
XYZ	xyz(27.6817, 38.6654, 53.5715)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B8BC #BC3935

analogous

#35BC7D #35B8BC #3574BC

triadic

#35B8BC #BC35B8 #B8BC35

tetradic

#35B8BC #7D35BC #BC3935 #74BC35

square

#35B8BC #7D35BC #BC3935 #74BC35

split-complementary

#35B8BC #BC3574 #BC7D35

monochromatic

#1A5B5D #28898C #35B8BC #5DCED1 #8DDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#35B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#35B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B8BC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B8BC	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced0',
    500: '#35b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b8bc;
$custom-light: #81ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71613,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.38669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B8BC

secondary

#C98684

accent

#4D48DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B8BC

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

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