#36ABB6#36ABB6

#36ABB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.102 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABB6
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 182)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -28.20, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 31.97, 208.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.093 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.102 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5240, 33.2846, 49.3790)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABB6 #B64136

analogous

#36B681 #36ABB6 #366BB6

triadic

#36ABB6 #B636AB #ABB636

tetradic

#36ABB6 #8136B6 #B64136 #6BB636

square

#36ABB6 #8136B6 #B64136 #6BB636

split-complementary

#36ABB6 #B6366B #B68136

monochromatic

#1A5258 #287F87 #36ABB6 #5BC4CE #8AD5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#36ABB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#36ABB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABB6

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABB6	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B96B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.102 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4cb',
    500: '#36abb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abb6;
$custom-light: #7fc4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68222,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABB6

secondary

#C68781

accent

#574ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABB6

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

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