#35B9CE#35B9CE

#35B9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35B9CE
RGB	rgb(53, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -27.86, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 34.73, 216.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0973 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.113 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9529, 39.9074, 64.5048)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35B9CE #CE4A35

analogous

#35CE96 #35B9CE #356CCE

triadic

#35B9CE #CE35B9 #B9CE35

tetradic

#35B9CE #9635CE #CE4A35 #6CCE35

square

#35B9CE #9635CE #CE4A35 #6CCE35

split-complementary

#35B9CE #CE356C #CE9635

monochromatic

#1B636E #278F9F #35B9CE #66CADA #98DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#35B9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#35B9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35B9CE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35B9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35B9CE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35b9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cedd',
    500: '#35b9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35b9ce;
$custom-light: #83cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35b9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.235,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72534,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35B9CE

secondary

#D1978D

accent

#5A44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35B9CE

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

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