#36BACC#36BACC

#36BACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BACC
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -28.86, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 34.69, 213.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0987 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.112 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9746, 40.2581, 63.3059)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BACC #CC4836

analogous

#36CC93 #36BACC #366FCC

triadic

#36BACC #CC36BA #BACC36

tetradic

#36BACC #9336CC #CC4836 #6FCC36

square

#36BACC #9336CC #CC4836 #6FCC36

split-complementary

#36BACC #CC366F #CC9336

monochromatic

#1B626C #288F9D #36BACC #67CBD8 #98DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#36BACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BACC

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BACC	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfdb',
    500: '#36bacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bacc;
$custom-light: #83cfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72718,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BACC

secondary

#D0968E

accent

#5845E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BACC

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

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