#35B9C8#35B9C8

#35B9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9C8
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -29.71, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 34.61, 210.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0998 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.111 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2379, 39.6214, 60.7391)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9C8 #C84435

analogous

#35C88D #35B9C8 #3570C8

triadic

#35B9C8 #C835B9 #B9C835

tetradic

#35B9C8 #8D35C8 #C84435 #70C835

square

#35B9C8 #8D35C8 #C84435 #70C835

split-complementary

#35B9C8 #C83570 #C88D35

monochromatic

#1B5F67 #288C98 #35B9C8 #64CAD6 #95DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#35B9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#35B9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9C8

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9C8	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced8',
    500: '#35b9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9c8;
$custom-light: #83ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.122,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72301,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9C8

secondary

#CE928B

accent

#5646E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9C8

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

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