#36AFC6#36AFC6

#36AFC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.108 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFC6
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 198)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -25.25, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 33.02, 220.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0903 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.108 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0400, 35.5182, 58.8457)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFC6 #C64D36

analogous

#36C695 #36AFC6 #3667C6

triadic

#36AFC6 #C636AF #AFC636

tetradic

#36AFC6 #9536C6 #C64D36 #67C636

square

#36AFC6 #9536C6 #C64D36 #67C636

split-complementary

#36AFC6 #C63667 #C69536

monochromatic

#1C5A66 #298596 #36AFC6 #64C3D5 #94D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36AFC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#36AFC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFC6

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFC6	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.108 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7d7',
    500: '#36afc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afc6;
$custom-light: #82c7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.583,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69824,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFC6

secondary

#CD958B

accent

#6047E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFC6

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

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