#35BCB8#35BCB8

#35BCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BCB8
RGB	rgb(53, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -35.87, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 36.83, 193.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1096 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.112 192)
XYZ	xyz(28.0992, 40.1807, 51.6128)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BCB8 #BC3539

analogous

#35BC74 #35BCB8 #357DBC

triadic

#35BCB8 #B835BC #BCB835

tetradic

#35BCB8 #7435BC #BC3539 #7DBC35

square

#35BCB8 #7435BC #BC3539 #7DBC35

split-complementary

#35BCB8 #BC357D #BC7435

monochromatic

#1A5D5B #288C89 #35BCB8 #5DD1CE #8DDFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#35BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#35BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BCB8

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BCB8	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0cd',
    500: '#35bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bcb8;
$custom-light: #81d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72457,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.40184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BCB8

secondary

#C98486

accent

#484DDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BCB8

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

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