#36ACBE#36ACBE

#36ACBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.104 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACBE
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -26.24, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 32.18, 215.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0906 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.104 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5641, 34.0040, 53.9213)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACBE #BE4836

analogous

#36BE8C #36ACBE #3668BE

triadic

#36ACBE #BE36AC #ACBE36

tetradic

#36ACBE #8C36BE #BE4836 #68BE36

square

#36ACBE #8C36BE #BE4836 #68BE36

split-complementary

#36ACBE #BE3668 #BE8C36

monochromatic

#1B565F #28818E #36ACBE #60C3D2 #8FD5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#36ACBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#36ACBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACBE

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACBE	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8998BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.104 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5d1',
    500: '#36acbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acbe;
$custom-light: #80c5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.941,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68776,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACBE

secondary

#CA8F86

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACBE

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

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