#35BDCE#35BDCE

#35BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.114 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35BDCE
RGB	rgb(53, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -29.83, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 35.32, 212.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.1012 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.114 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8015, 41.6046, 64.7877)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35BDCE #CE4635

analogous

#35CE93 #35BDCE #3570CE

triadic

#35BDCE #CE35BD #BDCE35

tetradic

#35BDCE #9335CE #CE4635 #70CE35

square

#35BDCE #9335CE #CE4635 #70CE35

split-complementary

#35BDCE #CE3570 #CE9335

monochromatic

#1B656E #27929F #35BDCE #66CDDA #98DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#35BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#35BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #35BDCE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##35BDCE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.114 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1dd',
    500: '#35bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35bdce;
$custom-light: #84d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73498,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35BDCE

secondary

#D1958D

accent

#5644E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #35BDCE

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

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