#36BBB8#36BBB8

#36BBB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBB8
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 184)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -35.28, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 36.36, 193.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.1082 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.111 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9394, 39.7823, 51.5444)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBB8 #BB3639

analogous

#36BB76 #36BBB8 #367BBB

triadic

#36BBB8 #B836BB #BBB836

tetradic

#36BBB8 #7636BB #BB3639 #7BBB36

square

#36BBB8 #7636BB #BB3639 #7BBB36

split-complementary

#36BBB8 #BB367B #BB7636

monochromatic

#1B5C5B #288C89 #36BBB8 #5ED0CE #8DDEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#36BBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBB8

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBB8	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0cd',
    500: '#36bbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbb8;
$custom-light: #82d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.647,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72232,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBB8

secondary

#C98486

accent

#494DDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBB8

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

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