#35BCA8#35BCA8

#35BCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BCA8
RGB	rgb(53, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -40.30, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 40.30, 180.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.1168 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.117 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5159, 39.5474, 43.2741)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BCA8 #BC3549

analogous

#35BC64 #35BCA8 #358DBC

triadic

#35BCA8 #A835BC #BCA835

tetradic

#35BCA8 #6435BC #BC3549 #8DBC35

square

#35BCA8 #6435BC #BC3549 #8DBC35

split-complementary

#35BCA8 #BC358D #BC6435

monochromatic

#1A5D53 #288C7D #35BCA8 #5DD1C0 #8DDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#35BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#35BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BCA8

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BCA8	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c1',
    500: '#35bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bca8;
$custom-light: #80d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71939,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BCA8

secondary

#C9848E

accent

#485FDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BCA8

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

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