#36BCBA#36BCBA

#36BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCBA
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -35.17, -9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 36.39, 194.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1083 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.111 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3634, 40.2925, 52.7272)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCBA #BC3638

analogous

#36BC77 #36BCBA #367BBC

triadic

#36BCBA #BA36BC #BCBA36

tetradic

#36BCBA #7736BC #BC3638 #7BBC36

square

#36BCBA #7736BC #BC3638 #7BBC36

split-complementary

#36BCBA #BC367B #BC7736

monochromatic

#1B5D5C #288C8B #36BCBA #5ED1CF #8EDFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#36BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCBA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCBA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0ce',
    500: '#36bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcba;
$custom-light: #82d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72547,
    "c": 0.1114,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCBA

secondary

#C98586

accent

#494BDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCBA

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

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