#36BBB1#36BBB1

#36BBB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBB1
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 177)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -37.26, -5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 37.63, 188.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1113 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.112 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2237, 39.4960, 47.7752)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBB1 #BB3640

analogous

#36BB6F #36BBB1 #3682BB

triadic

#36BBB1 #B136BB #BBB136

tetradic

#36BBB1 #6F36BB #BB3640 #82BB36

square

#36BBB1 #6F36BB #BB3640 #82BB36

split-complementary

#36BBB1 #BB3682 #BB6F36

monochromatic

#1B5C57 #288C84 #36BBB1 #5ED0C8 #8DDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36BBB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#36BBB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBB1

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBB1	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0c8',
    500: '#36bbb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbb1;
$custom-light: #81d0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.489,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71997,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBB1

secondary

#C98489

accent

#4955DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBB1

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

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