#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
RGB	rgb(53, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -28.30, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 34.48, 214.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0975 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.112 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3835, 39.3461, 62.5343)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##35B8CB	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #35B8CB

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

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