#36AABC#36AABC

#36AABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.103 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AABC
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -25.86, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 31.82, 215.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0894 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.103 210)
XYZ	xyz(24.9693, 33.1617, 52.6521)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AABC #BC4836

analogous

#36BC8B #36AABC #3667BC

triadic

#36AABC #BC36AA #AABC36

tetradic

#36AABC #8B36BC #BC4836 #67BC36

square

#36AABC #8B36BC #BC4836 #67BC36

split-complementary

#36AABC #BC3667 #BC8B36

monochromatic

#1B545D #287F8C #36AABC #5EC1D1 #8ED4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#36AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AABC

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AABC	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.103 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3d0',
    500: '#36aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aabc;
$custom-light: #80c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.06,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68209,
    "c": 0.10324,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.33165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AABC

secondary

#C98E85

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AABC

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

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