#36BCAB#36BCAB

#36BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCAB
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -39.36, -1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 39.40, 182.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.1151 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.115 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8517, 39.6878, 44.7655)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCAB #BC3647

analogous

#36BC68 #36BCAB #368ABC

triadic

#36BCAB #AB36BC #BCAB36

tetradic

#36BCAB #6836BC #BC3647 #8ABC36

square

#36BCAB #6836BC #BC3647 #8ABC36

split-complementary

#36BCAB #BC368A #BC6836

monochromatic

#1B5D55 #288C80 #36BCAB #5ED1C2 #8EDFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#36BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCAB

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCAB	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c3',
    500: '#36bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcab;
$custom-light: #81d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.388,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72053,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCAB

secondary

#C9858D

accent

#495CDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCAB

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

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