#36BBB2#36BBB2

#36BBB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBB2
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -36.98, -5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 37.42, 188.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1109 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.112 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3238, 39.5361, 48.3020)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBB2 #BB363F

analogous

#36BB70 #36BBB2 #3681BB

triadic

#36BBB2 #B236BB #BBB236

tetradic

#36BBB2 #7036BB #BB363F #81BB36

square

#36BBB2 #7036BB #BB363F #81BB36

split-complementary

#36BBB2 #BB3681 #BB7036

monochromatic

#1B5C58 #288C85 #36BBB2 #5ED0C9 #8DDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36BBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#36BBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBB2

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBB2	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0c9',
    500: '#36bbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbb2;
$custom-light: #81d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.94,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7203,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBB2

secondary

#C98489

accent

#4953DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBB2

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

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