#36BBAF#36BBAF

#36BBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBAF
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -37.82, -4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 38.05, 186.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.1122 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.113 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0258, 39.4169, 46.7330)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBAF #BB3642

analogous

#36BB6C #36BBAF #3685BB

triadic

#36BBAF #AF36BB #BBAF36

tetradic

#36BBAF #6C36BB #BB3642 #85BB36

square

#36BBAF #6C36BB #BB3642 #85BB36

split-complementary

#36BBAF #BB3685 #BB6C36

monochromatic

#1B5C56 #288C83 #36BBAF #5ED0C6 #8DDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#36BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBAF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBAF	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#B1B1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 186.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.586,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71932,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBAF

secondary

#C9848A

accent

#4957DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBAF

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

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