#36BAA8#36BAA8

#36BAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.115 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAA8
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 168)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 9.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -39.27, -1.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 39.29, 181.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.1144 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.115 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1447, 38.7262, 43.1352)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAA8 #BA3648

analogous

#36BA66 #36BAA8 #368ABA

triadic

#36BAA8 #A836BA #BAA836

tetradic

#36BAA8 #6636BA #BA3648 #8ABA36

square

#36BAA8 #6636BA #BA3648 #8ABA36

split-complementary

#36BAA8 #BA368A #BA6636

monochromatic

#1A5B52 #288B7D #36BAA8 #5DD0C0 #8DDED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#36BAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#36BAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAA8

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAA8	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36baa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.115 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfc1',
    500: '#36baa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36baa8;
$custom-light: #80cfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36baa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7146,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAA8

secondary

#C8848D

accent

#495EDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAA8

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

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