#35BBB9#35BBB9

#35BBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BBB9
RGB	rgb(53, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -35.12, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 36.33, 194.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.1082 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.111 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9915, 39.7970, 52.0959)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BBB9 #BB3537

analogous

#35BB76 #35BBB9 #357ABB

triadic

#35BBB9 #B935BB #BBB935

tetradic

#35BBB9 #7635BB #BB3537 #7ABB35

square

#35BBB9 #7635BB #BB3537 #7ABB35

split-complementary

#35BBB9 #BB357A #BB7635

monochromatic

#1A5C5B #278B8A #35BBB9 #5CD1CF #8CDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#35BBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#35BBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BBB9

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BBB9	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0ce',
    500: '#35bbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bbb9;
$custom-light: #81d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BBB9

secondary

#C98384

accent

#494BDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BBB9

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

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