#36BABC#36BABC

#36BABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BABC
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -33.66, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 35.48, 198.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.1055 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.11 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1532, 39.5296, 53.7134)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BABC #BC3836

analogous

#36BC7B #36BABC #3677BC

triadic

#36BABC #BC36BA #BABC36

tetradic

#36BABC #7B36BC #BC3836 #77BC36

square

#36BABC #7B36BC #BC3836 #77BC36

split-complementary

#36BABC #BC3677 #BC7B36

monochromatic

#1B5C5D #288B8C #36BABC #5ECFD1 #8EDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#36BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BABC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BABC	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfd0',
    500: '#36babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36babc;
$custom-light: #82cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72125,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BABC

secondary

#C98685

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BABC

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

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