#36BBC0#36BBC0

#36BBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBC0
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -32.96, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 35.36, 201.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.1047 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.111 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8018, 40.1273, 56.0863)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBC0 #C03B36

analogous

#36C080 #36BBC0 #3676C0

triadic

#36BBC0 #C036BB #BBC036

tetradic

#36BBC0 #8036C0 #C03B36 #76C036

square

#36BBC0 #8036C0 #C03B36 #76C036

split-complementary

#36BBC0 #C03676 #C08036

monochromatic

#1B5E60 #298C90 #36BBC0 #61CED2 #90DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#36BBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBC0

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBC0	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0d3',
    500: '#36bbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbc0;
$custom-light: #82d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.174,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72513,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBC0

secondary

#CB8A87

accent

#4E48DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBC0

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

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