#36ABB5#36ABB5

#36ABB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.102 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABB5
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -28.50, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 32.00, 207.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0934 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.102 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4211, 33.2435, 48.8367)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABB5 #B54036

analogous

#36B57F #36ABB5 #366BB5

triadic

#36ABB5 #B536AB #ABB536

tetradic

#36ABB5 #7F36B5 #B54036 #6BB536

square

#36ABB5 #7F36B5 #B54036 #6BB536

split-complementary

#36ABB5 #B5366B #B57F36

monochromatic

#1A5257 #287E86 #36ABB5 #5AC5CE #89D5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36ABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#36ABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABB5

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABB5	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B96B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.102 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4cb',
    500: '#36abb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abb5;
$custom-light: #7fc4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.724,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68184,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABB5

secondary

#C68681

accent

#564ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABB5

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

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