#36BAA6#36BAA6

#36BAA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAA6
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 166)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 10.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -39.81, -0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 39.81, 180.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.1154 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.115 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9598, 38.6522, 42.1615)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAA6 #BA364A

analogous

#36BA64 #36BAA6 #368CBA

triadic

#36BAA6 #A636BA #BAA636

tetradic

#36BAA6 #6436BA #BA364A #8CBA36

square

#36BAA6 #6436BA #BA364A #8CBA36

split-complementary

#36BAA6 #BA368C #BA6436

monochromatic

#1A5B51 #288B7C #36BAA6 #5DD0BF #8DDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36BAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#36BAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAA6

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAA6	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36baa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfc0',
    500: '#36baa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36baa6;
$custom-light: #80cfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36baa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71399,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAA6

secondary

#C8848E

accent

#4960DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAA6

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

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