#36bab9

Color #36bab9

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 5.57 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#36bab9

RGB

rgb(54, 186, 185)

HSL

hsl(179.5, 55%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(179.5, 71%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(71%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(69.04, -34.53, -9.74)

LCH

lch(69.04, 35.88, 195.75)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.1102, 194.24)

HWB

hwb(179.5, 21.2%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba3637

Analogous

#36ba77

#36bab9

#3679ba

Triadic

#36bab9

#b936ba

#bab936

Split-complementary

#36bab9

#ba3679

#ba7736

Tetradic

#36bab9

#3637ba

#ba3637

#bab936

Square

#36bab9

#7736ba

#ba3637

#79ba36

Shades

Color #36bab9 mixed toward black.

#2d9b9a

#247c7b

#1b5d5d

#123e3e

#091f1f

Tints

Color #36bab9 mixed toward white.

#51cccb

#74d7d6

#96e1e0

#b9ebea

#dcf5f5

Tones

Color #36bab9 mixed toward gray.

#41afae

#4ca4a3

#579999

#628e8e

#6d8383

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586b9 · ΔE 31

Deuteranopia

#7e74b9 · ΔE 35.9

Tritanopia

#45b9b9 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #36bab9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#36bab9]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#36bab9 (#36bab9) is rgb(54, 186, 185) in RGB.

No, #36bab9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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