#35BDBA#35BDBA

#35BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BDBA
RGB	rgb(53, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -35.76, -8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 36.86, 194.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1097 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.112 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5246, 40.6938, 52.7962)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BDBA #BD3538

analogous

#35BD76 #35BDBA #357CBD

triadic

#35BDBA #BA35BD #BDBA35

tetradic

#35BDBA #7635BD #BD3538 #7CBD35

square

#35BDBA #7635BD #BD3538 #7CBD35

split-complementary

#35BDBA #BD357C #BD7635

monochromatic

#1A5D5C #288D8B #35BDBA #5DD2CF #8DDFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#35BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#35BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BDBA

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BDBA	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 192.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.676,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72771,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BDBA

secondary

#CA8486

accent

#484CDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BDBA

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

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