#36BBBA#36BBBA

#36BBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBBA
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -34.71, -9.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 36.06, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1073 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.111 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1505, 39.8668, 52.6563)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBBA #BB3637

analogous

#36BB78 #36BBBA #3679BB

triadic

#36BBBA #BA36BB #BBBA36

tetradic

#36BBBA #7836BB #BB3637 #79BB36

square

#36BBBA #7836BB #BB3637 #79BB36

split-complementary

#36BBBA #BB3679 #BB7836

monochromatic

#1B5C5C #288C8B #36BBBA #5ED0D0 #8DDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#36BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBBA

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBBA	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0ce',
    500: '#36bbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbba;
$custom-light: #82d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.549,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72301,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBBA

secondary

#C98485

accent

#494ADF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBBA

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

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