#36BAC8#36BAC8

#36BAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAC8
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -30.08, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 34.68, 209.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1003 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.111 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5010, 40.0687, 60.8116)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAC8 #C84436

analogous

#36C88D #36BAC8 #3671C8

triadic

#36BAC8 #C836BA #BAC836

tetradic

#36BAC8 #8D36C8 #C84436 #71C836

square

#36BAC8 #8D36C8 #C84436 #71C836

split-complementary

#36BAC8 #C83671 #C88D36

monochromatic

#1C6068 #298D98 #36BAC8 #66CBD6 #96DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#36BAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAC8

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAC8	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)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd8',
    500: '#36bac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bac8;
$custom-light: #83cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.753,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72565,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAC8

secondary

#CE928C

accent

#5647E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAC8

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

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