#36BACB#36BACB

#36BACB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BACB
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -29.16, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 34.67, 212.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0991 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.112 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8550, 40.2103, 62.6762)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BACB #CB4736

analogous

#36CB92 #36BACB #366FCB

triadic

#36BACB #CB36BA #BACB36

tetradic

#36BACB #9236CB #CB4736 #6FCB36

square

#36BACB #9236CB #CB4736 #6FCB36

split-complementary

#36BACB #CB366F #CB9236

monochromatic

#1C626B #288E9C #36BACB #67CBD8 #97DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#36BACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BACB

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BACB	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bacb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfda',
    500: '#36bacb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bacb;
$custom-light: #83cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bacb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.846,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BACB

secondary

#D0958D

accent

#5846E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BACB

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

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