#35BDAD#35BDAD

#35BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BDAD
RGB	rgb(53, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -39.40, -2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 39.47, 183.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.1156 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.116 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2050, 40.1660, 45.8461)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BDAD #BD3545

analogous

#35BD69 #35BDAD #3589BD

triadic

#35BDAD #AD35BD #BDAD35

tetradic

#35BDAD #6935BD #BD3545 #89BD35

square

#35BDAD #6935BD #BD3545 #89BD35

split-complementary

#35BDAD #BD3589 #BD6935

monochromatic

#1A5D55 #288D81 #35BDAD #5DD2C4 #8DDFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#35BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#35BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BDAD

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BDAD	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c5',
    500: '#35bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bdad;
$custom-light: #81d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72344,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BDAD

secondary

#CA848C

accent

#485ADF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BDAD

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

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