#35B8BD#35B8BD

#35B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B8BD
RGB	rgb(53, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -32.54, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 34.92, 201.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.1034 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.109 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7899, 38.7087, 54.1411)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B8BD #BD3A35

analogous

#35BD7E #35B8BD #3574BD

triadic

#35B8BD #BD35B8 #B8BD35

tetradic

#35B8BD #7E35BD #BD3A35 #74BD35

square

#35B8BD #7E35BD #BD3A35 #74BD35

split-complementary

#35B8BD #BD3574 #BD7E35

monochromatic

#1A5B5D #28898D #35B8BD #5DCDD2 #8DDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#35B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#35B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B8BD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B8BD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced0',
    500: '#35b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b8bd;
$custom-light: #81ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.206,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71649,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B8BD

secondary

#CA8784

accent

#4E48DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B8BD

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

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