#36BBB5#36BBB5

#36BBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBB5
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -36.14, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 36.86, 191.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.1095 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.111 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6283, 39.6579, 49.9057)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBB5 #BB363C

analogous

#36BB72 #36BBB5 #367FBB

triadic

#36BBB5 #B536BB #BBB536

tetradic

#36BBB5 #7236BB #BB363C #7FBB36

square

#36BBB5 #7236BB #BB363C #7FBB36

split-complementary

#36BBB5 #BB367F #BB7236

monochromatic

#1B5C59 #288C87 #36BBB5 #5ED0CB #8DDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#36BBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBB5

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBB5	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0cb',
    500: '#36bbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbb5;
$custom-light: #81d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.293,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7213,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBB5

secondary

#C98487

accent

#4950DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBB5

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

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