#36BAB1#36BAB1

#36BAB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAB1
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 177)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 4.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -36.80, -5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 37.24, 188.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.1103 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.111 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0123, 39.0732, 47.7047)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAB1 #BA363F

analogous

#36BA6F #36BAB1 #3681BA

triadic

#36BAB1 #B136BA #BAB136

tetradic

#36BAB1 #6F36BA #BA363F #81BA36

square

#36BAB1 #6F36BA #BA363F #81BA36

split-complementary

#36BAB1 #BA3681 #BA6F36

monochromatic

#1A5B57 #288B84 #36BAB1 #5DD0C8 #8DDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BAB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#36BAB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAB1

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAB1	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc8',
    500: '#36bab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bab1;
$custom-light: #81cfc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71749,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAB1

secondary

#C88488

accent

#4954DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAB1

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

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