#36ABBD#36ABBD

#36ABBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.104 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABBD
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -26.05, -18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 32.00, 215.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.09 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.104 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2656, 33.5813, 53.2845)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABBD #BD4836

analogous

#36BD8B #36ABBD #3667BD

triadic

#36ABBD #BD36AB #ABBD36

tetradic

#36ABBD #8B36BD #BD4836 #67BD36

square

#36ABBD #8B36BD #BD4836 #67BD36

split-complementary

#36ABBD #BD3667 #BD8B36

monochromatic

#1B555E #28808D #36ABBD #5FC2D1 #8FD4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#36ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#36ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABBD

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABBD	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.104 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4d0',
    500: '#36abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abbd;
$custom-light: #80c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68493,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABBD

secondary

#C98E85

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABBD

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

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