#36BBA5#36BBA5

#36BBA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBA5
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -40.52, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 40.53, 178.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.1168 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.117 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0798, 39.0385, 41.7507)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBA5 #BB364C

analogous

#36BB62 #36BBA5 #368FBB

triadic

#36BBA5 #A536BB #BBA536

tetradic

#36BBA5 #6236BB #BB364C #8FBB36

square

#36BBA5 #6236BB #BB364C #8FBB36

split-complementary

#36BBA5 #BB368F #BB6236

monochromatic

#1B5C51 #288C7B #36BBA5 #5ED0BD #8DDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BBA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#36BBA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBA5

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBA5	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0bf',
    500: '#36bba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bba5;
$custom-light: #80d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.075,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71619,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBA5

secondary

#C9848F

accent

#4962DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBA5

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

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