#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
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -34.53, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 35.87, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1068 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.11 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8332, 39.4016, 52.0279)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##36BAB9	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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