#36ACC2#36ACC2

#36ACC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.106 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACC2
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 194)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -24.99, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 32.42, 219.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.089 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.106 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0073, 34.1813, 56.2555)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACC2 #C24C36

analogous

#36C292 #36ACC2 #3666C2

triadic

#36ACC2 #C236AC #ACC236

tetradic

#36ACC2 #9236C2 #C24C36 #66C236

square

#36ACC2 #9236C2 #C24C36 #66C236

split-complementary

#36ACC2 #C23666 #C29236

monochromatic

#1B5762 #298292 #36ACC2 #62C1D3 #92D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#36ACC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#36ACC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACC2

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACC2	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA6C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8898C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.106 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d4',
    500: '#36acc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acc2;
$custom-light: #81c5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68936,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACC2

secondary

#CC9388

accent

#6048E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACC2

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

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