#36B4BA#36B4BA

#36B4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.107 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4BA
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -31.38, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 33.96, 202.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.1003 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.107 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7016, 36.9688, 52.1733)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4BA #BA3C36

analogous

#36BA7E #36B4BA #3672BA

triadic

#36B4BA #BA36B4 #B4BA36

tetradic

#36B4BA #7E36BA #BA3C36 #72BA36

square

#36B4BA #7E36BA #BA3C36 #72BA36

split-complementary

#36B4BA #BA3672 #BA7E36

monochromatic

#1A585B #28868B #36B4BA #5DCBD0 #8DDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#36B4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4BA

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4BA	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.107 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbce',
    500: '#36b4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4ba;
$custom-light: #81cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70581,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4BA

secondary

#C88784

accent

#5049DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4BA

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

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