#36AEC3#36AEC3

#36AEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.107 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEC3
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 195)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -25.69, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 32.70, 218.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0906 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.107 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5035, 34.9934, 56.9768)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEC3 #C34B36

analogous

#36C392 #36AEC3 #3668C3

triadic

#36AEC3 #C336AE #AEC336

tetradic

#36AEC3 #9236C3 #C34B36 #68C336

square

#36AEC3 #9236C3 #C34B36 #68C336

split-complementary

#36AEC3 #C33668 #C39236

monochromatic

#1B5863 #298393 #36AEC3 #63C3D4 #92D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#36AEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#36AEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEC3

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEC3	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA8C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.107 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6d5',
    500: '#36aec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aec3;
$custom-light: #81c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.936,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69461,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEC3

secondary

#CC9389

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEC3

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

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