#36BAC6#36BAC6

#36BAC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAC6
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 198)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -30.68, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 34.73, 207.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1012 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.111 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2688, 39.9758, 59.5887)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAC6 #C64236

analogous

#36C68A #36BAC6 #3672C6

triadic

#36BAC6 #C636BA #BAC636

tetradic

#36BAC6 #8A36C6 #C64236 #72C636

square

#36BAC6 #8A36C6 #C64236 #72C636

split-complementary

#36BAC6 #C63672 #C68A36

monochromatic

#1C6066 #298D96 #36BAC6 #64CBD5 #94DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BAC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#36BAC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAC6

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAC6	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd7',
    500: '#36bac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bac6;
$custom-light: #83cfd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7249,
    "c": 0.1108,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAC6

secondary

#CD908B

accent

#5447E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAC6

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

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