#36BAC0#36BAC0

#36BAC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAC0
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 192)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -32.48, -13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 35.08, 202.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.1037 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.11 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5904, 39.7045, 56.0159)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAC0 #C03C36

analogous

#36C081 #36BAC0 #3675C0

triadic

#36BAC0 #C036BA #BAC036

tetradic

#36BAC0 #8136C0 #C03C36 #75C036

square

#36BAC0 #8136C0 #C03C36 #75C036

split-complementary

#36BAC0 #C03675 #C08136

monochromatic

#1B5D60 #298C90 #36BAC0 #61CED2 #90DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BAC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#36BAC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAC0

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAC0	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A3C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bac0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfd3',
    500: '#36bac0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bac0;
$custom-light: #82cfd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bac0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72269,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAC0

secondary

#CB8A87

accent

#4F48DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAC0

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

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