#36AEBD#36AEBD

#36AEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.105 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEBD
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -27.55, -17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 32.48, 212.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.093 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.105 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8387, 34.7275, 53.4755)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEBD #BD4536

analogous

#36BD89 #36AEBD #366ABD

triadic

#36AEBD #BD36AE #AEBD36

tetradic

#36AEBD #8936BD #BD4536 #6ABD36

square

#36AEBD #8936BD #BD4536 #6ABD36

split-complementary

#36AEBD #BD366A #BD8936

monochromatic

#1B565E #28828D #36AEBD #5FC5D1 #8FD6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#36AEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#36AEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEBD

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEBD	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.105 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6d0',
    500: '#36aebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aebd;
$custom-light: #80c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69225,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEBD

secondary

#C98D85

accent

#5A49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEBD

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

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