#36ACAB#36ACAB

#36ACAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.102 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACAB
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 171)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -31.95, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 33.19, 195.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0988 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.102 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6212, 33.2269, 43.6887)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACAB #AC3637

analogous

#36AC70 #36ACAB #3672AC

triadic

#36ACAB #AB36AC #ACAB36

tetradic

#36ACAB #7036AC #AC3637 #72AC36

square

#36ACAB #7036AC #AC3637 #72AC36

split-complementary

#36ACAB #AC3672 #AC7036

monochromatic

#194F4E #277D7D #36ACAB #55CAC9 #84D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36ACAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#36ACAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACAB

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACAB	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)

#A1A4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.102 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5c4',
    500: '#36acab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acab;
$custom-light: #7ec5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.492,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68067,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACAB

secondary

#C27C7C

accent

#4C4DDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACAB

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

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