#36B6BA#36B6BA

#36B6BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.108 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6BA
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 186)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -32.34, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 34.52, 200.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.1023 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.108 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1082, 37.7821, 52.3088)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6BA #BA3A36

analogous

#36BA7C #36B6BA #3674BA

triadic

#36B6BA #BA36B6 #B6BA36

tetradic

#36B6BA #7C36BA #BA3A36 #74BA36

square

#36B6BA #7C36BA #BA3A36 #74BA36

split-complementary

#36B6BA #BA3674 #BA7C36

monochromatic

#1A595B #28888B #36B6BA #5DCDD0 #8DDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B6BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#36B6BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6BA

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6BA	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.108 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccce',
    500: '#36b6ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6ba;
$custom-light: #81ccce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71072,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6BA

secondary

#C88684

accent

#4E49DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6BA

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

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