#36ACA8#36ACA8

#36ACA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.102 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACA8
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -32.82, -7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 33.65, 192.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.1001 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.102 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3385, 33.1138, 42.1998)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACA8 #AC363A

analogous

#36AC6D #36ACA8 #3675AC

triadic

#36ACA8 #A836AC #ACA836

tetradic

#36ACA8 #6D36AC #AC363A #75AC36

square

#36ACA8 #6D36AC #AC363A #75AC36

split-complementary

#36ACA8 #AC3675 #AC6D36

monochromatic

#194F4D #277D7B #36ACA8 #55CAC6 #84D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#36ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACA8

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACA8	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.102 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5c1',
    500: '#36aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aca8;
$custom-light: #7ec5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.966,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67963,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACA8

secondary

#C27C7E

accent

#4C51DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACA8

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

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