#36BAB2#36BAB2

#36BAB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAB2
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -36.52, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 37.04, 189.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.1099 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.111 189)
XYZ	xyz(27.1124, 39.1132, 48.2315)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAB2 #BA363E

analogous

#36BA70 #36BAB2 #3680BA

triadic

#36BAB2 #B236BA #BAB236

tetradic

#36BAB2 #7036BA #BA363E #80BA36

square

#36BAB2 #7036BA #BA363E #80BA36

split-complementary

#36BAB2 #BA3680 #BA7036

monochromatic

#1A5B57 #288B85 #36BAB2 #5DD0C9 #8DDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#36BAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAB2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAB2	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)

#AFB0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc9',
    500: '#36bab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bab2;
$custom-light: #81cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71782,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.39116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAB2

secondary

#C88488

accent

#4952DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAB2

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

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