#36AEC0#36AEC0

#36AEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.106 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEC0
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -26.62, -18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 32.55, 215.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0918 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.106 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1677, 34.8591, 55.2083)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEC0 #C04836

analogous

#36C08D #36AEC0 #3669C0

triadic

#36AEC0 #C036AE #AEC036

tetradic

#36AEC0 #8D36C0 #C04836 #69C036

square

#36AEC0 #8D36C0 #C04836 #69C036

split-complementary

#36AEC0 #C03669 #C08D36

monochromatic

#1B5760 #298390 #36AEC0 #61C4D2 #90D6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#36AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#36AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEC0

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEC0	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA8C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.106 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6d3',
    500: '#36aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aec0;
$custom-light: #81c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69342,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEC0

secondary

#CB9087

accent

#5C48DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEC0

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

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