#36BABF#36BABF

#36BABF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.110 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BABF
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -32.77, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 35.17, 201.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.1042 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.11 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4800, 39.6603, 55.4343)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BABF #BF3B36

analogous

#36BF7F #36BABF #3675BF

triadic

#36BABF #BF36BA #BABF36

tetradic

#36BABF #7F36BF #BF3B36 #75BF36

square

#36BABF #7F36BF #BF3B36 #75BF36

split-complementary

#36BABF #BF3675 #BF7F36

monochromatic

#1B5D60 #298C8F #36BABF #60CED2 #90DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BABF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#36BABF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BABF

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BABF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BABF	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36babf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.110 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfd2',
    500: '#36babf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36babf;
$custom-light: #82cfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36babf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.19,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72232,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BABF

secondary

#CA8987

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BABF

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

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