#35BAB9#35BAB9

#35BAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.111 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BAB9
RGB	rgb(53, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -34.65, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 36.00, 195.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1072 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.111 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7801, 39.3742, 52.0254)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BAB9 #BA3536

analogous

#35BA77 #35BAB9 #3579BA

triadic

#35BAB9 #B935BA #BAB935

tetradic

#35BAB9 #7735BA #BA3536 #79BA35

square

#35BAB9 #7735BA #BA3536 #79BA35

split-complementary

#35BAB9 #BA3579 #BA7735

monochromatic

#1A5B5A #278A8A #35BAB9 #5CD0D0 #8BDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#35BAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#35BAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BAB9

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BAB9	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.111 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfce',
    500: '#35bab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bab9;
$custom-light: #81cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.549,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71998,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BAB9

secondary

#C88283

accent

#494ADF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BAB9

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

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