#36BBA8#36BBA8

#36BBA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBA8
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 10.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -39.72, -0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 39.73, 180.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.1154 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.115 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3561, 39.1490, 43.2057)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBA8 #BB3649

analogous

#36BB66 #36BBA8 #368BBB

triadic

#36BBA8 #A836BB #BBA836

tetradic

#36BBA8 #6636BB #BB3649 #8BBB36

square

#36BBA8 #6636BB #BB3649 #8BBB36

split-complementary

#36BBA8 #BB368B #BB6636

monochromatic

#1B5C53 #288C7D #36BBA8 #5ED0C0 #8DDED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BBA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#36BBA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBA8

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBA8	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B0A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0c1',
    500: '#36bba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bba8;
$custom-light: #80d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7171,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBA8

secondary

#C9848E

accent

#495FDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBA8

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

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