#36BBA9#36BBA9

#36BBA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBA9
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -39.45, -1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 39.47, 181.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.115 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.115 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4496, 39.1864, 43.6982)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBA9 #BB3648

analogous

#36BB67 #36BBA9 #368ABB

triadic

#36BBA9 #A936BB #BBA936

tetradic

#36BBA9 #6736BB #BB3648 #8ABB36

square

#36BBA9 #6736BB #BB3648 #8ABB36

split-complementary

#36BBA9 #BB368A #BB6736

monochromatic

#1B5C53 #288C7E #36BBA9 #5ED0C1 #8DDED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BBA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#36BBA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBA9

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBA9	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0c2',
    500: '#36bba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bba9;
$custom-light: #80d0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.88,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71741,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBA9

secondary

#C9848D

accent

#495DDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBA9

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

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