#36B3BA#36B3BA

#36B3BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.106 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3BA
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -30.90, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 33.69, 203.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0993 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.106 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5004, 36.5665, 52.1062)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3BA #BA3D36

analogous

#36BA7F #36B3BA #3671BA

triadic

#36B3BA #BA36B3 #B3BA36

tetradic

#36B3BA #7F36BA #BA3D36 #71BA36

square

#36B3BA #7F36BA #BA3D36 #71BA36

split-complementary

#36B3BA #BA3671 #BA7F36

monochromatic

#1A585B #28858B #36B3BA #5DCAD0 #8DD9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#36B3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#36B3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3BA

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3BA	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.106 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cace',
    500: '#36b3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3ba;
$custom-light: #81cace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70336,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3BA

secondary

#C88784

accent

#5149DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3BA

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

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