#35BCA9#35BCA9

#35BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BCA9
RGB	rgb(53, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -40.03, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 40.04, 181.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1164 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.116 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6094, 39.5848, 43.7666)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BCA9 #BC3548

analogous

#35BC66 #35BCA9 #358BBC

triadic

#35BCA9 #A935BC #BCA935

tetradic

#35BCA9 #6635BC #BC3548 #8BBC35

square

#35BCA9 #6635BC #BC3548 #8BBC35

split-complementary

#35BCA9 #BC358B #BC6635

monochromatic

#1A5D53 #288C7E #35BCA9 #5DD1C1 #8DDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#35BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#35BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BCA9

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BCA9	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c2',
    500: '#35bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bca9;
$custom-light: #80d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7197,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BCA9

secondary

#C9848D

accent

#485EDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BCA9

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

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