#36ADC4#36ADC4

#36ADC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.107 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ADC4
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 196)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -24.87, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 32.67, 220.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0892 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.107 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4245, 34.6538, 57.5100)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ADC4 #C44D36

analogous

#36C494 #36ADC4 #3666C4

triadic

#36ADC4 #C436AD #ADC436

tetradic

#36ADC4 #9436C4 #C44D36 #66C436

square

#36ADC4 #9436C4 #C44D36 #66C436

split-complementary

#36ADC4 #C43666 #C49436

monochromatic

#1C5864 #298394 #36ADC4 #63C2D4 #93D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#36ADC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#36ADC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ADC4

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ADC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ADC4	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8899C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36adc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.107 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d5',
    500: '#36adc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36adc4;
$custom-light: #81c5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36adc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.718,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69259,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ADC4

secondary

#CC9489

accent

#6048E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ADC4

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

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