#35B9CC#35B9CC

#35B9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9CC
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -28.48, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 34.65, 214.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0981 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.112 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7115, 39.8109, 63.2334)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9CC #CC4835

analogous

#35CC94 #35B9CC #356DCC

triadic

#35B9CC #CC35B9 #B9CC35

tetradic

#35B9CC #9435CC #CC4835 #6DCC35

square

#35B9CC #9435CC #CC4835 #6DCC35

split-complementary

#35B9CC #CC356D #CC9435

monochromatic

#1B616B #278E9C #35B9CC #66CAD8 #97DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#35B9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#35B9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9CC

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9CC	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cedb',
    500: '#35b9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9cc;
$custom-light: #83cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.55,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72456,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9CC

secondary

#D0958D

accent

#5945E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9CC

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

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