#36BAC4#36BAC4

#36BAC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAC4
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -31.29, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 34.81, 206.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.102 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.11 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0396, 39.8841, 58.3818)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAC4 #C44036

analogous

#36C487 #36BAC4 #3673C4

triadic

#36BAC4 #C436BA #BAC436

tetradic

#36BAC4 #8736C4 #C44036 #73C436

square

#36BAC4 #8736C4 #C44036 #73C436

split-complementary

#36BAC4 #C43673 #C48736

monochromatic

#1C5F64 #298C94 #36BAC4 #63CCD4 #93DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#36BAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAC4

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAC4	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd5',
    500: '#36bac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bac4;
$custom-light: #83cfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.225,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72415,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAC4

secondary

#CC8E89

accent

#5248E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAC4

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

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