#36BBAD#36BBAD

#36BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.114 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBAD
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -38.37, -3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 38.50, 184.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.1132 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.114 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8309, 39.3389, 45.7062)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBAD #BB3644

analogous

#36BB6A #36BBAD #3687BB

triadic

#36BBAD #AD36BB #BBAD36

tetradic

#36BBAD #6A36BB #BB3644 #87BB36

square

#36BBAD #6A36BB #BB3644 #87BB36

split-complementary

#36BBAD #BB3687 #BB6A36

monochromatic

#1B5C55 #288C81 #36BBAD #5ED0C4 #8DDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#36BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBAD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBAD	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.114 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0c5',
    500: '#36bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbad;
$custom-light: #81d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71868,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBAD

secondary

#C9848B

accent

#4959DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBAD

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

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