#36BAB6#36BAB6

#36BAB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.111 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAB6
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 182)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -35.39, -8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 36.33, 193.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.1081 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.111 192)
XYZ	xyz(27.5198, 39.2762, 50.3776)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAB6 #BA363A

analogous

#36BA74 #36BAB6 #367CBA

triadic

#36BAB6 #B636BA #BAB636

tetradic

#36BAB6 #7436BA #BA363A #7CBA36

square

#36BAB6 #7436BA #BA363A #7CBA36

split-complementary

#36BAB6 #BA367C #BA7436

monochromatic

#1A5B59 #288B88 #36BAB6 #5DD0CD #8DDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#36BAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAB6

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAB6	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.111 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfcb',
    500: '#36bab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bab6;
$custom-light: #81cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71917,
    "c": 0.1105,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.39279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAB6

secondary

#C88486

accent

#494EDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAB6

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

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