#35B9A4#35B9A4

#35B9A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9A4
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 164)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -40.03, 0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 40.04, 179.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.1157 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.116 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5147, 38.1322, 41.1303)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9A4 #B9354A

analogous

#35B962 #35B9A4 #358CB9

triadic

#35B9A4 #A435B9 #B9A435

tetradic

#35B9A4 #6235B9 #B9354A #8CB935

square

#35B9A4 #6235B9 #B9354A #8CB935

split-complementary

#35B9A4 #B9358C #B96235

monochromatic

#1A5A50 #27897A #35B9A4 #5BD0BD #8BDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#35B9A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#35B9A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9A4

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9A4	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfbe',
    500: '#35b9a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9a4;
$custom-light: #7fcfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.455,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71065,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9A4

secondary

#C8828D

accent

#4961DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9A4

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

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