#36BBC6#36BBC6

#36BBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBC6
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 198)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -31.17, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 34.95, 206.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.1022 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.111 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4802, 40.3986, 59.6591)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBC6 #C64136

analogous

#36C689 #36BBC6 #3673C6

triadic

#36BBC6 #C636BB #BBC636

tetradic

#36BBC6 #8936C6 #C64136 #73C636

square

#36BBC6 #8936C6 #C64136 #73C636

split-complementary

#36BBC6 #C63673 #C68936

monochromatic

#1C6066 #298E96 #36BBC6 #64CCD5 #94DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#36BBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBC6

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBC6	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d7',
    500: '#36bbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbc6;
$custom-light: #83d0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.583,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72733,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBC6

secondary

#CD908B

accent

#5347E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBC6

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

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