#36BBA4#36BBA4

#36BBA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBA4
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 164)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 12.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -40.78, 1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 40.81, 178.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.1173 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.117 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9892, 39.0022, 41.2732)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBA4 #BB364D

analogous

#36BB61 #36BBA4 #3690BB

triadic

#36BBA4 #A436BB #BBA436

tetradic

#36BBA4 #6136BB #BB364D #90BB36

square

#36BBA4 #6136BB #BB364D #90BB36

split-complementary

#36BBA4 #BB3690 #BB6136

monochromatic

#1B5C51 #288C7A #36BBA4 #5ED0BD #8DDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#36BBA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#36BBA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBA4

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBA4	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B0A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0be',
    500: '#36bba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bba4;
$custom-light: #80d0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.624,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71589,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBA4

secondary

#C98490

accent

#4963DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBA4

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

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