#36BBB4#36BBB4

#36BBB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.112 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBB4
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -36.42, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 37.04, 190.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.11 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.112 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5260, 39.6170, 49.3673)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBB4 #BB363D

analogous

#36BB71 #36BBB4 #3680BB

triadic

#36BBB4 #B436BB #BBB436

tetradic

#36BBB4 #7136BB #BB363D #80BB36

square

#36BBB4 #7136BB #BB363D #80BB36

split-complementary

#36BBB4 #BB3680 #BB7136

monochromatic

#1B5C59 #288C86 #36BBB4 #5ED0CA #8DDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#36BBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBB4

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBB4	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.112 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0ca',
    500: '#36bbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbb4;
$custom-light: #81d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72096,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBB4

secondary

#C98488

accent

#4951DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBB4

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

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