#36ACB8#36ACB8

#36ACB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.103 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACB8
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 184)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -28.08, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 32.13, 209.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0931 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.103 205)
XYZ	xyz(24.9218, 33.7471, 50.5385)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACB8 #B84236

analogous

#36B883 #36ACB8 #366BB8

triadic

#36ACB8 #B836AC #ACB836

tetradic

#36ACB8 #8336B8 #B84236 #6BB836

square

#36ACB8 #8336B8 #B84236 #6BB836

split-complementary

#36ACB8 #B8366B #B88336

monochromatic

#1A5459 #288089 #36ACB8 #5CC5CF #8BD6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#36ACB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#36ACB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACB8

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACB8	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.103 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5cd',
    500: '#36acb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acb8;
$custom-light: #80c5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.538,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68543,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.3375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACB8

secondary

#C78982

accent

#584ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACB8

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

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