#36BBAC#36BBAC

#36BBAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBAC
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -38.64, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 38.73, 183.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.1136 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.114 184)
XYZ	xyz(26.7345, 39.3003, 45.1985)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBAC #BB3645

analogous

#36BB69 #36BBAC #3688BB

triadic

#36BBAC #AC36BB #BBAC36

tetradic

#36BBAC #6936BB #BB3645 #88BB36

square

#36BBAC #6936BB #BB3645 #88BB36

split-complementary

#36BBAC #BB3688 #BB6936

monochromatic

#1B5C55 #288C80 #36BBAC #5ED0C4 #8DDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#36BBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBAC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBAC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0c4',
    500: '#36bbac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbac;
$custom-light: #81d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.233,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71836,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.39303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBAC

secondary

#C9848C

accent

#495ADF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBAC

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

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