#36BAAF#36BAAF

#36BAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.112 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAAF
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -37.36, -4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 37.65, 187.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.1112 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.112 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8144, 38.9941, 46.6625)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAAF #BA3641

analogous

#36BA6D #36BAAF #3683BA

triadic

#36BAAF #AF36BA #BAAF36

tetradic

#36BAAF #6D36BA #BA3641 #83BA36

square

#36BAAF #6D36BA #BA3641 #83BA36

split-complementary

#36BAAF #BA3683 #BA6D36

monochromatic

#1A5B56 #288B82 #36BAAF #5DD0C6 #8DDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#36BAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#36BAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAAF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAAF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36baaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.112 186.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36baaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71683,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAAF

secondary

#C88489

accent

#4956DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAAF

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

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