#36B2BA#36B2BA

#36B2BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.106 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2BA
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 186)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -30.42, -13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 33.43, 204.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0983 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.106 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3007, 36.1671, 52.0397)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2BA #BA3E36

analogous

#36BA80 #36B2BA #3670BA

triadic

#36B2BA #BA36B2 #B2BA36

tetradic

#36B2BA #8036BA #BA3E36 #70BA36

square

#36B2BA #8036BA #BA3E36 #70BA36

split-complementary

#36B2BA #BA3670 #BA8036

monochromatic

#1A575B #28858B #36B2BA #5DC9D0 #8DD9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#36B2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2BA

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2BA	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.106 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9ce',
    500: '#36b2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2ba;
$custom-light: #81c9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7009,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2BA

secondary

#C88884

accent

#5249DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2BA

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

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