#35B8BF#35B8BF

#35B8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.109 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B8BF
RGB	rgb(53, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -31.94, -13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 34.76, 203.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.1026 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.109 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0085, 38.7961, 55.2924)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B8BF #BF3C35

analogous

#35BF81 #35B8BF #3573BF

triadic

#35B8BF #BF35B8 #B8BF35

tetradic

#35B8BF #8135BF #BF3C35 #73BF35

square

#35B8BF #8135BF #BF3C35 #73BF35

split-complementary

#35B8BF #BF3573 #BF8135

monochromatic

#1A5C5F #288A8F #35B8BF #5FCDD3 #8FDCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#35B8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#35B8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B8BF

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B8BF	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.109 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdd2',
    500: '#35b8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b8bf;
$custom-light: #81cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.043,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71722,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B8BF

secondary

#CA8985

accent

#5048E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B8BF

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

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