#35B9C4#35B9C4

#35B9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.110 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9C4
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -30.93, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 34.70, 206.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.1014 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.11 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7766, 39.4369, 58.3093)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9C4 #C44035

analogous

#35C488 #35B9C4 #3572C4

triadic

#35B9C4 #C435B9 #B9C435

tetradic

#35B9C4 #8835C4 #C44035 #72C435

square

#35B9C4 #8835C4 #C44035 #72C435

split-complementary

#35B9C4 #C43572 #C48835

monochromatic

#1B5E64 #288C94 #35B9C4 #62CCD4 #92DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#35B9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#35B9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9C4

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9C4	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.110 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced5',
    500: '#35b9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9c4;
$custom-light: #82ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7215,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9C4

secondary

#CC8E88

accent

#5347E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9C4

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

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