#35BDBF#35BDBF

#35BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BDBF
RGB	rgb(53, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -34.32, -11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 36.17, 198.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.1075 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.112 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0655, 40.9102, 55.6447)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BDBF #BF3735

analogous

#35BF7C #35BDBF #3578BF

triadic

#35BDBF #BF35BD #BDBF35

tetradic

#35BDBF #7C35BF #BF3735 #78BF35

square

#35BDBF #7C35BF #BF3735 #78BF35

split-complementary

#35BDBF #BF3578 #BF7C35

monochromatic

#1A5E5F #288E8F #35BDBF #5FD1D3 #8FDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#35BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#35BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BDBF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BDBF	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1d2',
    500: '#35bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bdbf;
$custom-light: #82d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BDBF

secondary

#CA8685

accent

#4A48E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BDBF

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

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