#35BCB5#35BCB5

#35BCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.113 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BCB5
RGB	rgb(53, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -36.72, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 37.36, 190.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1109 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.113 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7880, 40.0562, 49.9742)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BCB5 #BC353C

analogous

#35BC72 #35BCB5 #3580BC

triadic

#35BCB5 #B535BC #BCB535

tetradic

#35BCB5 #7235BC #BC353C #80BC35

square

#35BCB5 #7235BC #BC353C #80BC35

split-complementary

#35BCB5 #BC3580 #BC7235

monochromatic

#1A5D59 #288C87 #35BCB5 #5DD1CB #8DDFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#35BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#35BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BCB5

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BCB5	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.113 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1cb',
    500: '#35bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bcb5;
$custom-light: #81d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72355,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BCB5

secondary

#C98487

accent

#4850DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BCB5

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

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