#36AAB8#36AAB8

#36AAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.102 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAB8
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 184)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -27.09, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 31.74, 211.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0911 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.102 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5440, 32.9916, 50.4126)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAB8 #B84436

analogous

#36B885 #36AAB8 #3669B8

triadic

#36AAB8 #B836AA #AAB836

tetradic

#36AAB8 #8536B8 #B84436 #69B836

square

#36AAB8 #8536B8 #B84436 #69B836

split-complementary

#36AAB8 #B83669 #B88536

monochromatic

#1A5359 #287E89 #36AAB8 #5CC3CF #8BD4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#36AAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#36AAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAB8

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAB8	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.102 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3cd',
    500: '#36aab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aab8;
$custom-light: #80c3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.462,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68053,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAB8

secondary

#C78A82

accent

#5A4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAB8

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

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