#35B9CD#35B9CD

#35B9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9CD
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -28.17, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 34.69, 215.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0977 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.113 210)
XYZ	xyz(29.8318, 39.8590, 63.8671)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9CD #CD4935

analogous

#35CD95 #35B9CD #356DCD

triadic

#35B9CD #CD35B9 #B9CD35

tetradic

#35B9CD #9535CD #CD4935 #6DCD35

square

#35B9CD #9535CD #CD4935 #6DCD35

split-complementary

#35B9CD #CD356D #CD9535

monochromatic

#1B626D #278E9E #35B9CD #66CAD9 #97DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#35B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#35B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9CD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9CD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cedc',
    500: '#35b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9cd;
$custom-light: #83cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72495,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.39863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9CD

secondary

#D1968D

accent

#5944E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9CD

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

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