#36ACBD#36ACBD

#36ACBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.104 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACBD
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -26.55, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 32.15, 214.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.091 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.104 209)
XYZ	xyz(25.4552, 33.9605, 53.3477)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACBD #BD4736

analogous

#36BD8B #36ACBD #3668BD

triadic

#36ACBD #BD36AC #ACBD36

tetradic

#36ACBD #8B36BD #BD4736 #68BD36

square

#36ACBD #8B36BD #BD4736 #68BD36

split-complementary

#36ACBD #BD3668 #BD8B36

monochromatic

#1B555E #28818D #36ACBD #5FC3D1 #8FD5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#36ACBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#36ACBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACBD

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACBD	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.104 209.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68737,
    "c": 0.10406,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.33963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACBD

secondary

#C98E85

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACBD

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

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