#35B9BD#35B9BD

#35B9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9BD
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -33.01, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 35.21, 200.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.1044 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.11 198)
XYZ	xyz(27.9983, 39.1256, 54.2106)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9BD #BD3935

analogous

#35BD7D #35B9BD #3575BD

triadic

#35B9BD #BD35B9 #B9BD35

tetradic

#35B9BD #7D35BD #BD3935 #75BD35

square

#35B9BD #7D35BD #BD3935 #75BD35

split-complementary

#35B9BD #BD3575 #BD7D35

monochromatic

#1A5B5D #288A8D #35B9BD #5DCED2 #8DDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#35B9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#35B9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9BD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9BD	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced0',
    500: '#35b9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9bd;
$custom-light: #81ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71894,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.39129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9BD

secondary

#CA8684

accent

#4D48DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9BD

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

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