#35BDB8#35BDB8

#35BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BDB8
RGB	rgb(53, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -36.33, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 37.19, 192.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.1106 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.113 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3135, 40.6094, 51.6843)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BDB8 #BD353A

analogous

#35BD74 #35BDB8 #357EBD

triadic

#35BDB8 #B835BD #BDB835

tetradic

#35BDB8 #7435BD #BD353A #7EBD35

square

#35BDB8 #7435BD #BD353A #7EBD35

split-complementary

#35BDB8 #BD357E #BD7435

monochromatic

#1A5D5B #288D89 #35BDB8 #5DD2CD #8DDFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#35BDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#35BDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BDB8

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BDB8	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1cd',
    500: '#35bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bdb8;
$custom-light: #81d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.794,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72703,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BDB8

secondary

#CA8487

accent

#484EDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BDB8

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

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