#36AEB8#36AEB8

#36AEB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.104 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEB8
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -29.07, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 32.57, 206.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0951 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.104 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3053, 34.5141, 50.6663)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEB8 #B84036

analogous

#36B881 #36AEB8 #366DB8

triadic

#36AEB8 #B836AE #AEB836

tetradic

#36AEB8 #8136B8 #B84036 #6DB836

square

#36AEB8 #8136B8 #B84036 #6DB836

split-complementary

#36AEB8 #B8366D #B88136

monochromatic

#1A5559 #288189 #36AEB8 #5CC6CF #8BD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#36AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#36AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEB8

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEB8	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E99B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.104 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6cd',
    500: '#36aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aeb8;
$custom-light: #80c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69034,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEB8

secondary

#C78882

accent

#554ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEB8

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

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