#36BAA5#36BAA5

#36BAA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAA5
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 11.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -40.08, 0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 40.08, 179.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.1158 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.116 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8684, 38.6157, 41.6802)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAA5 #BA364B

analogous

#36BA63 #36BAA5 #368DBA

triadic

#36BAA5 #A536BA #BAA536

tetradic

#36BAA5 #6336BA #BA364B #8DBA36

square

#36BAA5 #6336BA #BA364B #8DBA36

split-complementary

#36BAA5 #BA368D #BA6336

monochromatic

#1A5B51 #288B7B #36BAA5 #5DD0BE #8DDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36BAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#36BAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAA5

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAA5	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)

#B2AFA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36baa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfbf',
    500: '#36baa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36baa5;
$custom-light: #80cfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36baa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71368,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAA5

secondary

#C8848F

accent

#4961DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAA5

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

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