#36BBBF#36BBBF

#36BBBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBBF
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -33.25, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 35.45, 200.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.1052 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.111 198)
XYZ	xyz(28.6914, 40.0831, 55.5048)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBBF #BF3A36

analogous

#36BF7E #36BBBF #3676BF

triadic

#36BBBF #BF36BB #BBBF36

tetradic

#36BBBF #7E36BF #BF3A36 #76BF36

square

#36BBBF #7E36BF #BF3A36 #76BF36

split-complementary

#36BBBF #BF3676 #BF7E36

monochromatic

#1B5E60 #298C8F #36BBBF #60CFD2 #90DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#36BBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBBF

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBBF	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0d2',
    500: '#36bbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbbf;
$custom-light: #82d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.752,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72477,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.40087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBBF

secondary

#CA8887

accent

#4D49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBBF

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

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