#35BDB9#35BDB9

#35BDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BDB9
RGB	rgb(53, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -36.05, -8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 37.02, 193.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.1102 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.113 192)
XYZ	xyz(28.4187, 40.6515, 52.2383)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BDB9 #BD3539

analogous

#35BD75 #35BDB9 #357DBD

triadic

#35BDB9 #B935BD #BDB935

tetradic

#35BDB9 #7535BD #BD3539 #7DBD35

square

#35BDB9 #7535BD #BD3539 #7DBD35

split-complementary

#35BDB9 #BD357D #BD7535

monochromatic

#1A5D5B #288D8A #35BDB9 #5DD2CE #8DDFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#35BDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#35BDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BDB9

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BDB9	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1ce',
    500: '#35bdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bdb9;
$custom-light: #82d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72737,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.40655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BDB9

secondary

#CA8486

accent

#484DDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BDB9

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

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