#36ACBC#36ACBC

#36ACBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.104 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACBC
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -26.86, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 32.13, 213.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0914 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.104 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3470, 33.9172, 52.7780)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACBC #BC4636

analogous

#36BC89 #36ACBC #3669BC

triadic

#36ACBC #BC36AC #ACBC36

tetradic

#36ACBC #8936BC #BC4636 #69BC36

square

#36ACBC #8936BC #BC4636 #69BC36

split-complementary

#36ACBC #BC3669 #BC8936

monochromatic

#1B555D #28818C #36ACBC #5EC3D1 #8ED5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#36ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#36ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACBC

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACBC	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.104 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5d0',
    500: '#36acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acbc;
$custom-light: #80c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.164,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68698,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACBC

secondary

#C98D85

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACBC

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

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