#35B9B5#35B9B5

#35B9B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9B5
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -35.34, -8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 36.28, 193.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1079 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.11 192)
XYZ	xyz(27.1538, 38.7878, 49.7628)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9B5 #B93539

analogous

#35B973 #35B9B5 #357BB9

triadic

#35B9B5 #B535B9 #B9B535

tetradic

#35B9B5 #7335B9 #B93539 #7BB935

square

#35B9B5 #7335B9 #B93539 #7BB935

split-complementary

#35B9B5 #B9357B #B97335

monochromatic

#1A5A58 #278986 #35B9B5 #5BD0CD #8BDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#35B9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#35B9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9B5

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9B5	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecb',
    500: '#35b9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9b5;
$custom-light: #81cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.182,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71614,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.38791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9B5

secondary

#C88284

accent

#494EDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9B5

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

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