#35B9BC#35B9BC

#35B9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9BC
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -33.31, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 35.31, 199.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1049 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.11 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8902, 39.0823, 53.6409)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9BC #BC3835

analogous

#35BC7B #35B9BC #3576BC

triadic

#35B9BC #BC35B9 #B9BC35

tetradic

#35B9BC #7B35BC #BC3835 #76BC35

square

#35B9BC #7B35BC #BC3835 #76BC35

split-complementary

#35B9BC #BC3576 #BC7B35

monochromatic

#1A5B5D #288A8C #35B9BC #5DCFD1 #8DDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#35B9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#35B9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9BC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9BC	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced0',
    500: '#35b9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9bc;
$custom-light: #81ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71858,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9BC

secondary

#C98584

accent

#4C48DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9BC

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

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