#36BBAA#36BBAA

#36BBAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBAA
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -39.18, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 39.22, 182.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.1145 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.115 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5439, 39.2241, 44.1945)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBAA #BB3647

analogous

#36BB68 #36BBAA #3689BB

triadic

#36BBAA #AA36BB #BBAA36

tetradic

#36BBAA #6836BB #BB3647 #89BB36

square

#36BBAA #6836BB #BB3647 #89BB36

split-complementary

#36BBAA #BB3689 #BB6836

monochromatic

#1B5C54 #288C7F #36BBAA #5ED0C2 #8DDED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BBAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#36BBAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBAA

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBAA	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0c3',
    500: '#36bbaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbaa;
$custom-light: #80d0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.331,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71773,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBAA

secondary

#C9848D

accent

#495CDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBAA

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

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