#35BAB8#35BAB8

#35BAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.111 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BAB8
RGB	rgb(53, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -34.94, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 36.15, 194.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1076 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.111 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6749, 39.3321, 51.4714)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BAB8 #BA3537

analogous

#35BA76 #35BAB8 #357ABA

triadic

#35BAB8 #B835BA #BAB835

tetradic

#35BAB8 #7635BA #BA3537 #7ABA35

square

#35BAB8 #7635BA #BA3537 #7ABA35

split-complementary

#35BAB8 #BA357A #BA7635

monochromatic

#1A5B5A #278A89 #35BAB8 #5CD0CF #8BDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#35BAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#35BAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BAB8

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BAB8	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.111 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfcd',
    500: '#35bab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bab8;
$custom-light: #81cfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.098,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71964,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BAB8

secondary

#C88284

accent

#494BDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BAB8

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

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