#36BAC7#36BAC7

#36BAC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAC7
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 199)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -30.38, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 34.70, 208.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.1008 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.111 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3845, 40.0221, 60.1981)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAC7 #C74336

analogous

#36C78B #36BAC7 #3672C7

triadic

#36BAC7 #C736BA #BAC736

tetradic

#36BAC7 #8B36C7 #C74336 #72C736

square

#36BAC7 #8B36C7 #C74336 #72C736

split-complementary

#36BAC7 #C73672 #C78B36

monochromatic

#1C6067 #298D97 #36BAC7 #65CBD5 #95DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BAC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#36BAC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAC7

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAC7	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd8',
    500: '#36bac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bac7;
$custom-light: #83cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.379,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72527,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAC7

secondary

#CE918B

accent

#5547E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAC7

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

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