#36BBC1#36BBC1

#36BBC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBC1
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 193)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 3.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -32.66, -13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 35.27, 202.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1043 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.111 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9130, 40.1717, 56.6718)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBC1 #C13C36

analogous

#36C181 #36BBC1 #3675C1

triadic

#36BBC1 #C136BB #BBC136

tetradic

#36BBC1 #8136C1 #C13C36 #75C136

square

#36BBC1 #8136C1 #C13C36 #75C136

split-complementary

#36BBC1 #C13675 #C18136

monochromatic

#1B5E61 #298D91 #36BBC1 #61CED3 #91DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BBC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#36BBC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBC1

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBC1	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#ADB2C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0d3',
    500: '#36bbc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbc1;
$custom-light: #82d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.59,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72549,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBC1

secondary

#CB8B88

accent

#4F48E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBC1

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

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