#35B9CB#35B9CB

#35B9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9CB
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -28.79, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 34.63, 213.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0985 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.112 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5920, 39.7631, 62.6038)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9CB #CB4735

analogous

#35CB92 #35B9CB #356ECB

triadic

#35B9CB #CB35B9 #B9CB35

tetradic

#35B9CB #9235CB #CB4735 #6ECB35

square

#35B9CB #9235CB #CB4735 #6ECB35

split-complementary

#35B9CB #CB356E #CB9235

monochromatic

#1B616A #288D9B #35B9CB #66CAD8 #96DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#35B9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#35B9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9CB

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9CB	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceda',
    500: '#35b9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9cb;
$custom-light: #83ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72417,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9CB

secondary

#CF948C

accent

#5846E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9CB

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

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