#36ABB8#36ABB8

#36ABB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.102 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABB8
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 184)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -27.59, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 31.93, 210.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0921 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.102 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7322, 33.3679, 50.4753)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABB8 #B84336

analogous

#36B884 #36ABB8 #366AB8

triadic

#36ABB8 #B836AB #ABB836

tetradic

#36ABB8 #8436B8 #B84336 #6AB836

square

#36ABB8 #8436B8 #B84336 #6AB836

split-complementary

#36ABB8 #B8366A #B88436

monochromatic

#1A5359 #287F89 #36ABB8 #5CC4CF #8BD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#36ABB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#36ABB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABB8

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABB8	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A96B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.102 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4cd',
    500: '#36abb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abb8;
$custom-light: #80c4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68298,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABB8

secondary

#C78982

accent

#594ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABB8

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

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