#35BBB5#35BBB5

#35BBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.112 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BBB5
RGB	rgb(53, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -36.26, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 36.99, 191.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.1099 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.112 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5751, 39.6305, 49.9032)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BBB5 #BB353B

analogous

#35BB72 #35BBB5 #357EBB

triadic

#35BBB5 #B535BB #BBB535

tetradic

#35BBB5 #7235BB #BB353B #7EBB35

square

#35BBB5 #7235BB #BB353B #7EBB35

split-complementary

#35BBB5 #BB357E #BB7235

monochromatic

#1A5C59 #278B87 #35BBB5 #5CD1CC #8CDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#35BBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#35BBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BBB5

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BBB5	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.112 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0cb',
    500: '#35bbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bbb5;
$custom-light: #81d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.313,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72108,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BBB5

secondary

#C98386

accent

#494FDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BBB5

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

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