#35BCAE#35BCAE

#35BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BCAE
RGB	rgb(53, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -38.67, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 38.81, 184.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.1141 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.115 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0878, 39.7761, 46.2861)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BCAE #BC3543

analogous

#35BC6B #35BCAE #3586BC

triadic

#35BCAE #AE35BC #BCAE35

tetradic

#35BCAE #6B35BC #BC3543 #86BC35

square

#35BCAE #6B35BC #BC3543 #86BC35

split-complementary

#35BCAE #BC3586 #BC6B35

monochromatic

#1A5D56 #288C82 #35BCAE #5DD1C5 #8DDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#35BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#35BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BCAE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BCAE	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)

#B3B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c6',
    500: '#35bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bcae;
$custom-light: #81d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72127,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BCAE

secondary

#C9848B

accent

#4858DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BCAE

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

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