#36BAAC#36BAAC

#36BAAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAAC
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 7.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -38.19, -3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 38.32, 184.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.1126 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.113 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5231, 38.8775, 45.1280)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAAC #BA3644

analogous

#36BA6A #36BAAC #3686BA

triadic

#36BAAC #AC36BA #BAAC36

tetradic

#36BAAC #6A36BA #BA3644 #86BA36

square

#36BAAC #6A36BA #BA3644 #86BA36

split-complementary

#36BAAC #BA3686 #BA6A36

monochromatic

#1A5B54 #288B80 #36BAAC #5DD0C4 #8DDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#36BAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#36BAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAAC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAAC	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36baac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfc4',
    500: '#36baac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36baac;
$custom-light: #80cfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36baac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71587,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAAC

secondary

#C8848B

accent

#4959DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAAC

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

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