#36BAAE#36BAAE

#36BAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.112 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAAE
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -37.64, -4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 37.87, 186.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.1117 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.112 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7166, 38.9549, 46.1472)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAAE #BA3642

analogous

#36BA6C #36BAAE #3684BA

triadic

#36BAAE #AE36BA #BAAE36

tetradic

#36BAAE #6C36BA #BA3642 #84BA36

square

#36BAAE #6C36BA #BA3642 #84BA36

split-complementary

#36BAAE #BA3684 #BA6C36

monochromatic

#1A5B55 #288B82 #36BAAE #5DD0C6 #8DDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#36BAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#36BAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAAE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAAE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36baae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.112 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc6',
    500: '#36baae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36baae;
$custom-light: #81cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36baae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71651,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAAE

secondary

#C8848A

accent

#4957DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAAE

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

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