#36BAB3#36BAB3

#36BAB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAB3
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -36.24, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 36.85, 190.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.1094 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.111 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2131, 39.1535, 48.7623)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAB3 #BA363D

analogous

#36BA71 #36BAB3 #367FBA

triadic

#36BAB3 #B336BA #BAB336

tetradic

#36BAB3 #7136BA #BA363D #7FBA36

square

#36BAB3 #7136BA #BA363D #7FBA36

split-complementary

#36BAB3 #BA367F #BA7136

monochromatic

#1A5B58 #288B85 #36BAB3 #5DD0CA #8DDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#36BAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAB3

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAB3	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc9',
    500: '#36bab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bab3;
$custom-light: #81cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71816,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAB3

secondary

#C88487

accent

#4951DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAB3

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

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