#35a5aa

Color #35a5aa

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.32 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#35a5aa

RGB

rgb(53, 165, 170)

HSL

hsl(182.6, 52.5%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.6, 68.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.8%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(62.14, -29, -11.73)

LCH

lch(62.14, 31.28, 202.02)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.0979, 199.38)

HWB

hwb(182.6, 20.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa3a35

Analogous

#35aa75

#35a5aa

#356aaa

Triadic

#35a5aa

#aa35a5

#a5aa35

Split-complementary

#35a5aa

#aa356a

#aa7535

Tetradic

#35a5aa

#3a35aa

#aa3a35

#a5aa35

Square

#35a5aa

#7535aa

#aa3a35

#6aaa35

Shades

Color #35a5aa mixed toward black.

#2c898e

#236e71

#1a5255

#123739

#091b1c

Tints

Color #35a5aa mixed toward white.

#49c1c6

#6dcdd2

#92dadd

#b6e6e8

#dbf3f4

Tones

Color #35a5aa mixed toward gray.

#3f9ca0

#489396

#528a8d

#5c8183

#667879

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778a9 · ΔE 29

Deuteranopia

#7068a9 · ΔE 33.2

Tritanopia

#41a8a8 · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #35a5aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#35a5aa]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#35a5aa (#35a5aa) is rgb(53, 165, 170) in RGB.

No, #35a5aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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