#36B9BA#36B9BA

#36B9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9BA
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -33.77, -10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 35.42, 197.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.1053 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.109 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7292, 39.0241, 52.5158)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9BA #BA3736

analogous

#36BA79 #36B9BA #3677BA

triadic

#36B9BA #BA36B9 #B9BA36

tetradic

#36B9BA #7936BA #BA3736 #77BA36

square

#36B9BA #7936BA #BA3736 #77BA36

split-complementary

#36B9BA #BA3677 #BA7936

monochromatic

#1A5B5B #288A8B #36B9BA #5DCFD0 #8DDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36B9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#36B9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9BA

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9BA	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cece',
    500: '#36b9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9ba;
$custom-light: #81cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71809,
    "c": 0.10945,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9BA

secondary

#C88484

accent

#4B49DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9BA

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

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