#35BAB4#35BAB4

#35BAB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BAB4
RGB	rgb(53, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -36.09, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 36.80, 191.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.1094 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.111 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2615, 39.1668, 49.2943)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BAB4 #BA353B

analogous

#35BA72 #35BAB4 #357EBA

triadic

#35BAB4 #B435BA #BAB435

tetradic

#35BAB4 #7235BA #BA353B #7EBA35

square

#35BAB4 #7235BA #BA353B #7EBA35

split-complementary

#35BAB4 #BA357E #BA7235

monochromatic

#1A5B58 #278A86 #35BAB4 #5CD0CB #8BDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#35BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#35BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BAB4

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BAB4	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfca',
    500: '#35bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bab4;
$custom-light: #81cfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.293,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71827,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BAB4

secondary

#C88286

accent

#4950DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BAB4

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

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