#35B8CB#35B8CB

#35B8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#35B8CB
RGBrgb(53, 184, 203)
HSLhsl(188, 59%, 50%)
HSVhsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(73.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.00, -28.30, -19.69)
CIE-LCHlch(69.00, 34.48, 214.83°)
OKLaboklab(72.18% -0.0975 -0.0548)
OKLCHoklch(72.18% 0.112 209.3)
XYZxyz(29.3835, 39.3461, 62.5343)
Luminance0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#35B8CB #CB4835
analogous
#35CB93 #35B8CB #356DCB
triadic
#35B8CB #CB35B8 #B8CB35
tetradic
#35B8CB #9335CB #CB4835 #6DCB35
square
#35B8CB #9335CB #CB4835 #6DCB35
split-complementary
#35B8CB #CB356D #CB9335
monochromatic
#1B606A #288C9B #35B8CB #66C9D8 #96DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#35B8CB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87
#35B8CB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B8CB
8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##35B8CB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##35B8CB1.002.378.878.87
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8721.001.001.00
##0000008.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7B1CC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A2CB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #35b8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 209.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdda',
    500: '#35b8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #35b8cb;
$custom-light: #83cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#35b8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.6,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72175,
    "c": 0.11188,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#35B8CB
secondary
#CF958C
accent
#5946E2
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#35B8CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva