#36AEBE#36AEBE

#36AEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.105 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEBE
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -27.24, -17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 32.49, 213.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0926 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.105 208)
XYZ	xyz(25.9476, 34.7710, 54.0492)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEBE #BE4636

analogous

#36BE8A #36AEBE #366ABE

triadic

#36AEBE #BE36AE #AEBE36

tetradic

#36AEBE #8A36BE #BE4636 #6ABE36

square

#36AEBE #8A36BE #BE4636 #6ABE36

split-complementary

#36AEBE #BE366A #BE8A36

monochromatic

#1B575F #28828E #36AEBE #60C4D2 #8FD6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#36AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#36AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEBE

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEBE	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)

#9FA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.105 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6d1',
    500: '#36aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aebe;
$custom-light: #81c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69264,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.34774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEBE

secondary

#CA8E86

accent

#5A49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEBE

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

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