#36BAB9#36BAB9

#36BAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36BAB9
RGBrgb(54, 186, 185)
HSLhsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(180, 71%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.04, -34.53, -9.74)
CIE-LCHlch(69.04, 35.87, 195.75°)
OKLaboklab(72.02% -0.1068 -0.0271)
OKLCHoklch(72.02% 0.11 194.2)
XYZxyz(27.8332, 39.4016, 52.0279)
Luminance0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36BAB9 #BA3637
analogous
#36BA77 #36BAB9 #3679BA
triadic
#36BAB9 #B936BA #BAB936
tetradic
#36BAB9 #7736BA #BA3637 #79BA36
square
#36BAB9 #7736BA #BA3637 #79BA36
split-complementary
#36BAB9 #BA3679 #BA7736
monochromatic
#1A5B5B #288B8A #36BAB9 #5DD0CF #8DDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#36BAB9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88
#36BAB9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAB9
8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36BAB9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36BAB91.002.368.888.88
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8821.001.001.00
##0000008.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEB1B9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BA2BA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36bab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 194.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfce',
    500: '#36bab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36bab9;
$custom-light: #81cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36bab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7202,
    "c": 0.11016,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36BAB9
secondary
#C88484
accent
#494BDE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAB9

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#36BAB9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva