#36AFBF#36AFBF

#36AFBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.105 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFBF
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -27.43, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 32.68, 212.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0932 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.105 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2512, 35.2027, 54.6914)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFBF #BF4636

analogous

#36BF8A #36AFBF #366BBF

triadic

#36AFBF #BF36AF #AFBF36

tetradic

#36AFBF #8A36BF #BF4636 #6BBF36

square

#36AFBF #8A36BF #BF4636 #6BBF36

split-complementary

#36AFBF #BF366B #BF8A36

monochromatic

#1B5860 #29838F #36AFBF #60C5D2 #90D6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#36AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#36AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFBF

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFBF	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.105 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7d2',
    500: '#36afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afbf;
$custom-light: #81c7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.007,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69546,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFBF

secondary

#CA8E87

accent

#5A49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFBF

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

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