#35B9A8#35B9A8

#35B9A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9A8
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 168)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 9.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -38.96, -1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 38.99, 182.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.1138 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.114 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8816, 38.2789, 43.0627)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9A8 #B93546

analogous

#35B966 #35B9A8 #3588B9

triadic

#35B9A8 #A835B9 #B9A835

tetradic

#35B9A8 #6635B9 #B93546 #88B935

square

#35B9A8 #6635B9 #B93546 #88B935

split-complementary

#35B9A8 #B93588 #B96635

monochromatic

#1A5A52 #27897D #35B9A8 #5BD0C1 #8BDED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#35B9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#35B9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9A8

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9A8	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec1',
    500: '#35b9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9a8;
$custom-light: #80cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.273,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71188,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9A8

secondary

#C8828B

accent

#495CDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9A8

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

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