#36ACAF#36ACAF

#36ACAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.102 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACAF
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -30.78, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 32.70, 199.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.097 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.102 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0083, 33.3817, 45.7271)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACAF #AF3936

analogous

#36AF76 #36ACAF #366FAF

triadic

#36ACAF #AF36AC #ACAF36

tetradic

#36ACAF #7636AF #AF3936 #6FAF36

square

#36ACAF #7636AF #AF3936 #6FAF36

split-complementary

#36ACAF #AF366F #AF7636

monochromatic

#195051 #287E80 #36ACAF #57C8CB #86D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#36ACAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#36ACAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACAF

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACAF	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E97B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.102 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5c6',
    500: '#36acaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acaf;
$custom-light: #7fc5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68209,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACAF

secondary

#C37F7D

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACAF

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

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