#36BBA6#36BBA6

#36BBA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBA6
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 166)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 11.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -40.26, 0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 40.26, 179.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.1164 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.116 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1712, 39.0750, 42.2319)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBA6 #BB364B

analogous

#36BB63 #36BBA6 #368EBB

triadic

#36BBA6 #A636BB #BBA636

tetradic

#36BBA6 #6336BB #BB364B #8EBB36

square

#36BBA6 #6336BB #BB364B #8EBB36

split-complementary

#36BBA6 #BB368E #BB6336

monochromatic

#1B5C52 #288C7C #36BBA6 #5ED0BE #8DDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BBA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#36BBA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBA6

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBA6	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0c0',
    500: '#36bba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bba6;
$custom-light: #80d0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71649,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBA6

secondary

#C9848F

accent

#4961DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBA6

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

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