#35B9BB#35B9BB

#35B9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.110 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9BB
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -33.60, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 35.43, 198.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.1053 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.11 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7827, 39.0394, 53.0752)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9BB #BB3735

analogous

#35BB7A #35B9BB #3576BB

triadic

#35B9BB #BB35B9 #B9BB35

tetradic

#35B9BB #7A35BB #BB3735 #76BB35

square

#35B9BB #7A35BB #BB3735 #76BB35

split-complementary

#35B9BB #BB3576 #BB7A35

monochromatic

#1A5B5C #278A8B #35B9BB #5CCFD1 #8CDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#35B9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#35B9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9BB

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9BB	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.110 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecf',
    500: '#35b9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9bb;
$custom-light: #81cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71823,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9BB

secondary

#C98483

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9BB

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

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