#36BBC5#36BBC5

#36BBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBC5
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -31.47, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 34.99, 205.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1026 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.111 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3652, 40.3526, 59.0537)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBC5 #C54036

analogous

#36C588 #36BBC5 #3674C5

triadic

#36BBC5 #C536BB #BBC536

tetradic

#36BBC5 #8836C5 #C54036 #74C536

square

#36BBC5 #8836C5 #C54036 #74C536

split-complementary

#36BBC5 #C53674 #C58836

monochromatic

#1C6065 #298D95 #36BBC5 #64CDD4 #94DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#36BBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBC5

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBC5	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d6',
    500: '#36bbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbc5;
$custom-light: #83d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.196,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72695,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBC5

secondary

#CD8F8A

accent

#5248E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBC5

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

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