#35B8BE#35B8BE

#35B8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.109 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B8BE
RGB	rgb(53, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -32.24, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 34.84, 202.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.103 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.109 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8988, 38.7523, 54.7148)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B8BE #BE3B35

analogous

#35BE80 #35B8BE #3573BE

triadic

#35B8BE #BE35B8 #B8BE35

tetradic

#35B8BE #8035BE #BE3B35 #73BE35

square

#35B8BE #8035BE #BE3B35 #73BE35

split-complementary

#35B8BE #BE3573 #BE8035

monochromatic

#1A5B5E #288A8E #35B8BE #5ECDD2 #8EDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#35B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#35B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B8BE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B8BE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.109 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced1',
    500: '#35b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b8be;
$custom-light: #81ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.628,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71685,
    "c": 0.10932,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B8BE

secondary

#CA8885

accent

#4F48E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B8BE

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

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