#36BBBD#36BBBD

#36BBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBBD
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -33.84, -11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 35.67, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.106 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.111 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4728, 39.9957, 54.3536)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBBD #BD3836

analogous

#36BD7C #36BBBD #3677BD

triadic

#36BBBD #BD36BB #BBBD36

tetradic

#36BBBD #7C36BD #BD3836 #77BD36

square

#36BBBD #7C36BD #BD3836 #77BD36

split-complementary

#36BBBD #BD3677 #BD7C36

monochromatic

#1B5D5E #288C8D #36BBBD #5FD0D1 #8FDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#36BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBBD

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBBD	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0d0',
    500: '#36bbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbbd;
$custom-light: #82d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72406,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBBD

secondary

#C98685

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBBD

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

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