#36BCB0#36BCB0

#36BCB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCB0
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 176)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -37.99, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 38.23, 186.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1128 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.113 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3373, 39.8821, 47.3231)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCB0 #BC3642

analogous

#36BC6D #36BCB0 #3685BC

triadic

#36BCB0 #B036BC #BCB036

tetradic

#36BCB0 #6D36BC #BC3642 #85BC36

square

#36BCB0 #6D36BC #BC3642 #85BC36

split-complementary

#36BCB0 #BC3685 #BC6D36

monochromatic

#1B5D57 #288C83 #36BCB0 #5ED1C7 #8EDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#36BCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCB0

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCB0	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c7',
    500: '#36bcb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcb0;
$custom-light: #81d1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.627,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72212,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCB0

secondary

#C9858B

accent

#4957DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCB0

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

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