#36BBAE#36BBAE

#36BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBAE
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -38.09, -3.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 38.27, 185.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.1127 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.113 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9280, 39.3777, 46.2177)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBAE #BB3643

analogous

#36BB6B #36BBAE #3686BB

triadic

#36BBAE #AE36BB #BBAE36

tetradic

#36BBAE #6B36BB #BB3643 #86BB36

square

#36BBAE #6B36BB #BB3643 #86BB36

split-complementary

#36BBAE #BB3686 #BB6B36

monochromatic

#1B5C56 #288C82 #36BBAE #5ED0C5 #8DDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#36BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBAE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBAE	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0c6',
    500: '#36bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbae;
$custom-light: #81d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.135,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.719,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBAE

secondary

#C9848B

accent

#4958DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBAE

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

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