#36ACC0#36ACC0

#36ACC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.105 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACC0
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 192)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -25.62, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 32.28, 217.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0898 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.105 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7842, 34.0921, 55.0805)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACC0 #C04A36

analogous

#36C08F #36ACC0 #3667C0

triadic

#36ACC0 #C036AC #ACC036

tetradic

#36ACC0 #8F36C0 #C04A36 #67C036

square

#36ACC0 #8F36C0 #C04A36 #67C036

split-complementary

#36ACC0 #C03667 #C08F36

monochromatic

#1B5660 #298190 #36ACC0 #61C2D2 #90D4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#36ACC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#36ACC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACC0

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACC0	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8998C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.105 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d3',
    500: '#36acc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acc0;
$custom-light: #81c5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.696,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68855,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACC0

secondary

#CB9187

accent

#5E48DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACC0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →