#35BCBE#35BCBE

#35BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BCBE
RGB	rgb(53, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -34.14, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 35.98, 198.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.107 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.112 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7415, 40.4376, 54.9957)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BCBE #BE3735

analogous

#35BE7C #35BCBE #3577BE

triadic

#35BCBE #BE35BC #BCBE35

tetradic

#35BCBE #7C35BE #BE3735 #77BE35

square

#35BCBE #7C35BE #BE3735 #77BE35

split-complementary

#35BCBE #BE3577 #BE7C35

monochromatic

#1A5D5E #288D8E #35BCBE #5ED0D2 #8EDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#35BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#35BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BCBE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BCBE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0d1',
    500: '#35bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bcbe;
$custom-light: #82d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.876,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72665,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BCBE

secondary

#CA8685

accent

#4A48E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BCBE

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

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