#35B9B2#35B9B2

#35B9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.111 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9B2
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -36.19, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 36.80, 190.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1093 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.111 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8493, 38.6660, 48.1591)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9B2 #B9353C

analogous

#35B970 #35B9B2 #357EB9

triadic

#35B9B2 #B235B9 #B9B235

tetradic

#35B9B2 #7035B9 #B9353C #7EB935

square

#35B9B2 #7035B9 #B9353C #7EB935

split-complementary

#35B9B2 #B9357E #B97035

monochromatic

#1A5A56 #278984 #35B9B2 #5BD0CA #8BDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#35B9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#35B9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9B2

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9B2	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.111 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec9',
    500: '#35b9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9b2;
$custom-light: #80cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.818,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71513,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9B2

secondary

#C88286

accent

#4951DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9B2

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

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