#35B9BA#35B9BA

#35B9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.110 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9BA
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -33.89, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 35.55, 197.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.1057 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.11 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6761, 38.9967, 52.5133)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9BA #BA3635

analogous

#35BA79 #35B9BA #3577BA

triadic

#35B9BA #BA35B9 #B9BA35

tetradic

#35B9BA #7935BA #BA3635 #77BA35

square

#35B9BA #7935BA #BA3635 #77BA35

split-complementary

#35B9BA #BA3577 #BA7935

monochromatic

#1A5A5B #278A8A #35B9BA #5CD0D0 #8BDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#35B9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#35B9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9BA

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9BA	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.110 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cece',
    500: '#35b9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9ba;
$custom-light: #81cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.451,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71787,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9BA

secondary

#C88382

accent

#4A49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9BA

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

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