#35BCAD#35BCAD

#35BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BCAD
RGB	rgb(53, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -38.95, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 39.05, 184.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1146 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.115 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9906, 39.7373, 45.7746)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BCAD #BC3544

analogous

#35BC69 #35BCAD #3588BC

triadic

#35BCAD #AD35BC #BCAD35

tetradic

#35BCAD #6935BC #BC3544 #88BC35

square

#35BCAD #6935BC #BC3544 #88BC35

split-complementary

#35BCAD #BC3588 #BC6935

monochromatic

#1A5D55 #288C81 #35BCAD #5DD1C4 #8DDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#35BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#35BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BCAD

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BCAD	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c5',
    500: '#35bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bcad;
$custom-light: #80d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72095,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BCAD

secondary

#C9848B

accent

#4859DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BCAD

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

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