#35BCAC#35BCAC

#35BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BCAC
RGB	rgb(53, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -39.22, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 39.29, 183.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.115 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.115 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8942, 39.6987, 45.2669)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BCAC #BC3545

analogous

#35BC69 #35BCAC #3589BC

triadic

#35BCAC #AC35BC #BCAC35

tetradic

#35BCAC #6935BC #BC3545 #89BC35

square

#35BCAC #6935BC #BC3545 #89BC35

split-complementary

#35BCAC #BC3589 #BC6935

monochromatic

#1A5D55 #288C80 #35BCAC #5DD1C4 #8DDFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#35BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#35BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BCAC

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BCAC	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c4',
    500: '#35bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bcac;
$custom-light: #80d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72063,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BCAC

secondary

#C9848C

accent

#485ADF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BCAC

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

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