#36BAAD#36BAAD

#36BAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAAD
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -37.91, -3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 38.09, 185.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.1121 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.113 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6195, 38.9161, 45.6357)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAAD #BA3643

analogous

#36BA6B #36BAAD #3685BA

triadic

#36BAAD #AD36BA #BAAD36

tetradic

#36BAAD #6B36BA #BA3643 #85BA36

square

#36BAAD #6B36BA #BA3643 #85BA36

split-complementary

#36BAAD #BA3685 #BA6B36

monochromatic

#1A5B55 #288B81 #36BAAD #5DD0C5 #8DDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#36BAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#36BAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAAD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B0B0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36baad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfc5',
    500: '#36baad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36baad;
$custom-light: #80cfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36baad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71619,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAAD

secondary

#C8848A

accent

#4958DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAAD

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

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