#36BAC5#36BAC5

#36BAC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAC5
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -30.99, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 34.77, 206.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.1016 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.111 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1538, 39.9298, 58.9832)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAC5 #C54136

analogous

#36C588 #36BAC5 #3673C5

triadic

#36BAC5 #C536BA #BAC536

tetradic

#36BAC5 #8836C5 #C54136 #73C536

square

#36BAC5 #8836C5 #C54136 #73C536

split-complementary

#36BAC5 #C53673 #C58836

monochromatic

#1C5F65 #298D95 #36BAC5 #64CCD4 #94DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#36BAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAC5

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAC5	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd6',
    500: '#36bac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bac5;
$custom-light: #83cfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72452,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAC5

secondary

#CD8F8A

accent

#5348E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAC5

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

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