#35B8CC#35B8CC

#35B8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B8CC
RGB	rgb(53, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -27.99, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 34.51, 215.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0971 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.112 210)
XYZ	xyz(29.5031, 39.3940, 63.1639)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B8CC #CC4935

analogous

#35CC94 #35B8CC #356CCC

triadic

#35B8CC #CC35B8 #B8CC35

tetradic

#35B8CC #9435CC #CC4935 #6CCC35

square

#35B8CC #9435CC #CC4935 #6CCC35

split-complementary

#35B8CC #CC356C #CC9435

monochromatic

#1B616B #278D9C #35B8CC #66C9D8 #97DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#35B8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#35B8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B8CC

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B8CC	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cddb',
    500: '#35b8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b8cc;
$custom-light: #83cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.947,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72214,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.39397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B8CC

secondary

#D0968D

accent

#5A45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B8CC

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

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