#36AFC5#36AFC5

#36AFC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.108 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFC5
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 197)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -25.56, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 32.94, 219.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0907 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.108 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9250, 35.4723, 58.2403)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFC5 #C54C36

analogous

#36C594 #36AFC5 #3668C5

triadic

#36AFC5 #C536AF #AFC536

tetradic

#36AFC5 #9436C5 #C54C36 #68C536

square

#36AFC5 #9436C5 #C54C36 #68C536

split-complementary

#36AFC5 #C53668 #C59436

monochromatic

#1C5A65 #298495 #36AFC5 #64C3D4 #94D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36AFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#36AFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFC5

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFC5	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#9EA9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.108 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7d6',
    500: '#36afc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afc5;
$custom-light: #82c7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69784,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFC5

secondary

#CD948A

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFC5

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

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