#36BBBB#36BBBB

#36BBBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBBB
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -34.42, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 35.92, 196.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.1069 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.111 195)
XYZ	xyz(28.2572, 39.9094, 53.2181)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBBB #BB3636

analogous

#36BB79 #36BBBB #3679BB

triadic

#36BBBB #BB36BB #BBBB36

tetradic

#36BBBB #7936BB #BB3636 #79BB36

square

#36BBBB #7936BB #BB3636 #79BB36

split-complementary

#36BBBB #BB3679 #BB7936

monochromatic

#1B5C5C #288C8C #36BBBB #5ED0D0 #8DDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#36BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBBB

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBBB	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0cf',
    500: '#36bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbbb;
$custom-light: #82d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72336,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.39913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBBB

secondary

#C98484

accent

#4949DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBBB

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

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