#36AFBC#36AFBC

#36AFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.105 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFBC
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -28.35, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 32.68, 209.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0945 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.105 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9244, 35.0720, 52.9705)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFBC #BC4336

analogous

#36BC86 #36AFBC #366CBC

triadic

#36AFBC #BC36AF #AFBC36

tetradic

#36AFBC #8636BC #BC4336 #6CBC36

square

#36AFBC #8636BC #BC4336 #6CBC36

split-complementary

#36AFBC #BC366C #BC8636

monochromatic

#1B565D #28838C #36AFBC #5EC6D1 #8ED7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#36AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#36AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFBC

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFBC	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.105 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c7d0',
    500: '#36afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afbc;
$custom-light: #80c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.821,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69431,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFBC

secondary

#C98B85

accent

#5849DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFBC

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

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