#35BDBC#35BDBC

#35BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BDBC
RGB	rgb(53, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -35.19, -9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 36.56, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.1088 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.112 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7387, 40.7795, 53.9238)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BDBC #BD3536

analogous

#35BD78 #35BDBC #357ABD

triadic

#35BDBC #BC35BD #BDBC35

tetradic

#35BDBC #7835BD #BD3536 #7ABD35

square

#35BDBC #7835BD #BD3536 #7ABD35

split-complementary

#35BDBC #BD357A #BD7835

monochromatic

#1A5D5D #288D8C #35BDBC #5DD2D1 #8DDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#35BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#35BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BDBC

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BDBC	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1d0',
    500: '#35bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bdbc;
$custom-light: #82d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.559,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7284,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BDBC

secondary

#CA8485

accent

#4849DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BDBC

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

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