#36B8BA#36B8BA

#36B8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8BA
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -33.29, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 35.11, 198.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.1043 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.109 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5207, 38.6072, 52.4463)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8BA #BA3836

analogous

#36BA7A #36B8BA #3676BA

triadic

#36B8BA #BA36B8 #B8BA36

tetradic

#36B8BA #7A36BA #BA3836 #76BA36

square

#36B8BA #7A36BA #BA3836 #76BA36

split-complementary

#36B8BA #BA3676 #BA7A36

monochromatic

#1A5A5B #28898B #36B8BA #5DCED0 #8DDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36B8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#36B8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8BA

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8BA	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cece',
    500: '#36b8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8ba;
$custom-light: #81cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71563,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8BA

secondary

#C88584

accent

#4C49DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8BA

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

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