#36CACF#36CACF

#36CACF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.119 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CACF
RGB	rgb(54, 202, 207)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -35.61, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 38.09, 200.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.113 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.119 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8992, 47.5262, 66.4062)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CACF #CF3B36

analogous

#36CF87 #36CACF #367DCF

triadic

#36CACF #CF36CA #CACF36

tetradic

#36CACF #8736CF #CF3B36 #7DCF36

square

#36CACF #8736CF #CF3B36 #7DCF36

split-complementary

#36CACF #CF367D #CF8736

monochromatic

#1B6D70 #279DA1 #36CACF #67D7DB #99E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#36CACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#36CACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CACF

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CACF	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cacf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 202, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.119 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dadd',
    500: '#36cacf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cacf;
$custom-light: #86dadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cacf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.961,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76694,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CACF

secondary

#D2918F

accent

#4943E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CACF

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

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