#36BAB7#36BAB7

#36BAB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAB7
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 183)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -35.10, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 36.17, 193.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.1077 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.11 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6235, 39.3177, 50.9238)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAB7 #BA3639

analogous

#36BA75 #36BAB7 #367BBA

triadic

#36BAB7 #B736BA #BAB736

tetradic

#36BAB7 #7536BA #BA3639 #7BBA36

square

#36BAB7 #7536BA #BA3639 #7BBA36

split-complementary

#36BAB7 #BA367B #BA7536

monochromatic

#1A5B5A #288B88 #36BAB7 #5DD0CD #8DDEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BAB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#36BAB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAB7

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAB7	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)

#AEB1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfcc',
    500: '#36bab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bab7;
$custom-light: #81cfcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71951,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAB7

secondary

#C88485

accent

#494DDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAB7

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

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