#35B8CD#35B8CD

#35B8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B8CD
RGB	rgb(53, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -27.68, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 34.55, 216.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0967 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.113 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6234, 39.4421, 63.7976)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B8CD #CD4A35

analogous

#35CD96 #35B8CD #356CCD

triadic

#35B8CD #CD35B8 #B8CD35

tetradic

#35B8CD #9635CD #CD4A35 #6CCD35

square

#35B8CD #9635CD #CD4A35 #6CCD35

split-complementary

#35B8CD #CD356C #CD9635

monochromatic

#1B616D #278D9E #35B8CD #66C9D9 #97DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#35B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#35B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B8CD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B8CD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cddc',
    500: '#35b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b8cd;
$custom-light: #83cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.289,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72254,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B8CD

secondary

#D1968D

accent

#5A44E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B8CD

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

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