#36AABE#36AABE

#36AABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.104 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AABE
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -25.23, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 31.92, 217.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0886 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.104 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1863, 33.2485, 53.7954)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AABE #BE4A36

analogous

#36BE8E #36AABE #3666BE

triadic

#36AABE #BE36AA #AABE36

tetradic

#36AABE #8E36BE #BE4A36 #66BE36

square

#36AABE #8E36BE #BE4A36 #66BE36

split-complementary

#36AABE #BE3666 #BE8E36

monochromatic

#1B555F #287F8E #36AABE #60C1D2 #8FD3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#36AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AABE

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AABE	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.104 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3d1',
    500: '#36aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aabe;
$custom-light: #80c3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68289,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AABE

secondary

#CA9086

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AABE

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

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