#35BAB5#35BAB5

#35BAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.111 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BAB5
RGB	rgb(53, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -35.80, -7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 36.63, 192.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1089 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.111 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3637, 39.2076, 49.8328)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BAB5 #BA353A

analogous

#35BA72 #35BAB5 #357DBA

triadic

#35BAB5 #B535BA #BAB535

tetradic

#35BAB5 #7235BA #BA353A #7DBA35

square

#35BAB5 #7235BA #BA353A #7DBA35

split-complementary

#35BAB5 #BA357D #BA7235

monochromatic

#1A5B58 #278A87 #35BAB5 #5CD0CC #8BDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#35BAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#35BAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BAB5

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BAB5	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.111 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfcb',
    500: '#35bab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bab5;
$custom-light: #81cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.744,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71861,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BAB5

secondary

#C88285

accent

#494EDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BAB5

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

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