#36AFBE#36AFBE

#36AFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.105 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFBE
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -27.73, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 32.67, 211.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0936 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.105 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1415, 35.1589, 54.1138)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFBE #BE4536

analogous

#36BE89 #36AFBE #366BBE

triadic

#36AFBE #BE36AF #AFBE36

tetradic

#36AFBE #8936BE #BE4536 #6BBE36

square

#36AFBE #8936BE #BE4536 #6BBE36

split-complementary

#36AFBE #BE366B #BE8936

monochromatic

#1B575F #28838E #36AFBE #60C5D2 #8FD6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#36AFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#36AFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFBE

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFBE	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.105 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7d1',
    500: '#36afbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afbe;
$custom-light: #81c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.618,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69508,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFBE

secondary

#CA8D86

accent

#5949DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFBE

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

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