#35BACD#35BACD

#35BACD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BACD
RGB	rgb(53, 186, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -28.67, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 34.83, 214.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0987 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.113 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0418, 40.2789, 63.9371)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BACD #CD4835

analogous

#35CD94 #35BACD #356ECD

triadic

#35BACD #CD35BA #BACD35

tetradic

#35BACD #9435CD #CD4835 #6ECD35

square

#35BACD #9435CD #CD4835 #6ECD35

split-complementary

#35BACD #CD356E #CD9435

monochromatic

#1B626D #278F9E #35BACD #66CBD9 #97DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#35BACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#35BACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BACD

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BACD	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 186, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfdc',
    500: '#35bacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bacd;
$custom-light: #83cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72736,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BACD

secondary

#D1968D

accent

#5844E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BACD

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

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