#36BBAB#36BBAB

#36BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBAB
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -38.91, -2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 38.97, 183.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.1141 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.114 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6388, 39.2621, 44.6946)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBAB #BB3646

analogous

#36BB69 #36BBAB #3689BB

triadic

#36BBAB #AB36BB #BBAB36

tetradic

#36BBAB #6936BB #BB3646 #89BB36

square

#36BBAB #6936BB #BB3646 #89BB36

split-complementary

#36BBAB #BB3689 #BB6936

monochromatic

#1B5C54 #288C80 #36BBAB #5ED0C3 #8DDED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#36BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBAB

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBAB	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)

#B2B0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 183.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.782,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71804,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBAB

secondary

#C9848C

accent

#495BDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBAB

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

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