#35BCBA#35BCBA

#35BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BCBA
RGB	rgb(53, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -35.30, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 36.52, 194.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1087 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.112 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3103, 40.2651, 52.7247)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BCBA #BC3537

analogous

#35BC76 #35BCBA #357BBC

triadic

#35BCBA #BA35BC #BCBA35

tetradic

#35BCBA #7635BC #BC3537 #7BBC35

square

#35BCBA #7635BC #BC3537 #7BBC35

split-complementary

#35BCBA #BC357B #BC7635

monochromatic

#1A5D5C #288C8B #35BCBA #5DD1D0 #8DDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#35BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#35BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BCBA

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BCBA	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0ce',
    500: '#35bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bcba;
$custom-light: #82d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BCBA

secondary

#C98485

accent

#484BDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BCBA

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

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