#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
RGBrgb(54, 172, 184)
HSLhsl(186, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(186, 71%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.76, -28.08, -15.61)
CIE-LCHlch(64.76, 32.13, 209.06°)
OKLaboklab(68.54% -0.0931 -0.0433)
OKLCHoklch(68.54% 0.103 205)
XYZxyz(24.9218, 33.7471, 50.5385)
Luminance0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36ACB81.002.717.757.75
#FFFFFF2.711.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7521.001.001.00
##0000007.7521.001.001.00

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

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#36ACB8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva