#35BCB3#35BCB3

#35BCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BCB3
RGB	rgb(53, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -37.29, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 37.74, 188.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.1118 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.113 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5843, 39.9747, 48.9012)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BCB3 #BC353E

analogous

#35BC70 #35BCB3 #3582BC

triadic

#35BCB3 #B335BC #BCB335

tetradic

#35BCB3 #7035BC #BC353E #82BC35

square

#35BCB3 #7035BC #BC353E #82BC35

split-complementary

#35BCB3 #BC3582 #BC7035

monochromatic

#1A5D58 #288C86 #35BCB3 #5DD1CA #8DDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#35BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#35BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BCB3

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BCB3	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c9',
    500: '#35bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bcb3;
$custom-light: #81d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72289,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BCB3

secondary

#C98488

accent

#4853DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BCB3

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

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