#36BAB4#36BAB4

#36BAB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAB4
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -35.96, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 36.67, 191.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.109 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.111 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3146, 39.1941, 49.2968)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAB4 #BA363C

analogous

#36BA72 #36BAB4 #367EBA

triadic

#36BAB4 #B436BA #BAB436

tetradic

#36BAB4 #7236BA #BA363C #7EBA36

square

#36BAB4 #7236BA #BA363C #7EBA36

split-complementary

#36BAB4 #BA367E #BA7236

monochromatic

#1A5B58 #288B86 #36BAB4 #5DD0CB #8DDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#36BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAB4

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAB4	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfca',
    500: '#36bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bab4;
$custom-light: #81cfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71849,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAB4

secondary

#C88487

accent

#4950DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAB4

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

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