#35BDB4#35BDB4

#35BDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BDB4
RGB	rgb(53, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -37.46, -5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 37.92, 188.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1124 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.114 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9001, 40.4440, 49.5072)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BDB4 #BD353E

analogous

#35BD70 #35BDB4 #3582BD

triadic

#35BDB4 #B435BD #BDB435

tetradic

#35BDB4 #7035BD #BD353E #82BD35

square

#35BDB4 #7035BD #BD353E #82BD35

split-complementary

#35BDB4 #BD3582 #BD7035

monochromatic

#1A5D59 #288D86 #35BDB4 #5DD2CA #8DDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#35BDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#35BDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BDB4

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BDB4	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)

#B2B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1ca',
    500: '#35bdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bdb4;
$custom-light: #81d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.029,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7257,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BDB4

secondary

#CA8489

accent

#4852DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BDB4

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

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