#36ABB4#36ABB4

#36ABB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.102 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABB4
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 180)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 5%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -28.80, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 32.04, 205.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0938 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.102 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3188, 33.2026, 48.2982)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABB4 #B43F36

analogous

#36B47E #36ABB4 #366CB4

triadic

#36ABB4 #B436AB #ABB436

tetradic

#36ABB4 #7E36B4 #B43F36 #6CB436

square

#36ABB4 #7E36B4 #B43F36 #6CB436

split-complementary

#36ABB4 #B4366C #B47E36

monochromatic

#1A5256 #287E85 #36ABB4 #5AC5CD #89D6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36ABB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#36ABB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABB4

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABB4	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B96B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.102 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4ca',
    500: '#36abb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abb4;
$custom-light: #7fc4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68146,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABB4

secondary

#C68580

accent

#554BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABB4

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

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