#36AFC4#36AFC4

#36AFC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.107 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFC4
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 196)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -25.88, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 32.87, 218.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0911 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.107 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8108, 35.4266, 57.6388)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFC4 #C44B36

analogous

#36C492 #36AFC4 #3668C4

triadic

#36AFC4 #C436AF #AFC436

tetradic

#36AFC4 #9236C4 #C44B36 #68C436

square

#36AFC4 #9236C4 #C44B36 #68C436

split-complementary

#36AFC4 #C43668 #C49236

monochromatic

#1C5964 #298494 #36AFC4 #63C3D4 #93D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#36AFC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#36AFC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFC4

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFC4	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.107 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7d5',
    500: '#36afc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afc4;
$custom-light: #81c7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.873,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69744,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFC4

secondary

#CC9389

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFC4

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

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