#36BAB5#36BAB5

#36BAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.111 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36BAB5
RGBrgb(54, 186, 181)
HSLhsl(178, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(178, 71%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.92, -35.67, -7.71)
CIE-LCHlch(68.92, 36.50, 192.20°)
OKLaboklab(71.88% -0.1085 -0.0215)
OKLCHoklch(71.88% 0.111 191.2)
XYZxyz(27.4169, 39.2350, 49.8353)
Luminance0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36BAB5 #BA363B
analogous
#36BA73 #36BAB5 #367DBA
triadic
#36BAB5 #B536BA #BAB536
tetradic
#36BAB5 #7336BA #BA363B #7DBA36
square
#36BAB5 #7336BA #BA363B #7DBA36
split-complementary
#36BAB5 #BA367D #BA7336
monochromatic
#1A5B59 #288B87 #36BAB5 #5DD0CC #8DDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#36BAB5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85
#36BAB5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAB5
8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36BAB5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36BAB51.002.378.858.85
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8521.001.001.00
##0000008.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFB0B5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CA2B6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36bab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.111 191.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfcb',
    500: '#36bab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36bab5;
$custom-light: #81cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36bab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71883,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36BAB5
secondary
#C88486
accent
#494FDE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAB5

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#36BAB5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva