#36BABE#36BABE

#36BABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.110 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BABE
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -33.07, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 35.27, 200.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.1046 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.11 198)
XYZ	xyz(28.3703, 39.6164, 54.8567)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BABE #BE3A36

analogous

#36BE7E #36BABE #3676BE

triadic

#36BABE #BE36BA #BABE36

tetradic

#36BABE #7E36BE #BE3A36 #76BE36

square

#36BABE #7E36BE #BE3A36 #76BE36

split-complementary

#36BABE #BE3676 #BE7E36

monochromatic

#1B5D5F #288B8E #36BABE #60CED2 #8FDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#36BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BABE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BABE	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.110 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfd1',
    500: '#36babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36babe;
$custom-light: #82cfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72196,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.3962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BABE

secondary

#CA8886

accent

#4D49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BABE

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

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