#36BCAF#36BCAF

#36BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.114 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCAF
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -38.27, -3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 38.46, 185.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.1133 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.114 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2387, 39.8426, 46.8040)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCAF #BC3643

analogous

#36BC6C #36BCAF #3686BC

triadic

#36BCAF #AF36BC #BCAF36

tetradic

#36BCAF #6C36BC #BC3643 #86BC36

square

#36BCAF #6C36BC #BC3643 #86BC36

split-complementary

#36BCAF #BC3686 #BC6C36

monochromatic

#1B5D56 #288C83 #36BCAF #5ED1C6 #8EDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#36BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCAF

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCAF	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.114 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c6',
    500: '#36bcaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcaf;
$custom-light: #81d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.179,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7218,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCAF

secondary

#C9858B

accent

#4958DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCAF

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

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