#36AFBD#36AFBD

#36AFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.105 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFBD
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -28.04, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 32.67, 210.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.094 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.105 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0326, 35.1153, 53.5402)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFBD #BD4436

analogous

#36BD87 #36AFBD #366CBD

triadic

#36AFBD #BD36AF #AFBD36

tetradic

#36AFBD #8736BD #BD4436 #6CBD36

square

#36AFBD #8736BD #BD4436 #6CBD36

split-complementary

#36AFBD #BD366C #BD8736

monochromatic

#1B575E #28838D #36AFBD #5FC5D1 #8FD7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#36AFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#36AFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFBD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFBD	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.105 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7d0',
    500: '#36afbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afbd;
$custom-light: #81c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69469,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFBD

secondary

#C98C85

accent

#5849DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFBD

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

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