#36BACF#36BACF

#36BACF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.113 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BACF
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -27.93, -20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 34.79, 216.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0975 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.113 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3378, 40.4034, 65.2191)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BACF #CF4B36

analogous

#36CF97 #36BACF #366DCF

triadic

#36BACF #CF36BA #BACF36

tetradic

#36BACF #9736CF #CF4B36 #6DCF36

square

#36BACF #9736CF #CF4B36 #6DCF36

split-complementary

#36BACF #CF366D #CF9736

monochromatic

#1B6470 #2790A1 #36BACF #67CBDB #99DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#36BACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BACF

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BACF	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bacf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.113 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfdd',
    500: '#36bacf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bacf;
$custom-light: #84cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bacf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.235,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72836,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BACF

secondary

#D2988F

accent

#5943E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BACF

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

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