#36BCB1#36BCB1

#36BCB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCB1
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 177)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -37.72, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 38.02, 187.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.1123 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.113 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4366, 39.9218, 47.8461)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCB1 #BC3641

analogous

#36BC6E #36BCB1 #3684BC

triadic

#36BCB1 #B136BC #BCB136

tetradic

#36BCB1 #6E36BC #BC3641 #84BC36

square

#36BCB1 #6E36BC #BC3641 #84BC36

split-complementary

#36BCB1 #BC3684 #BC6E36

monochromatic

#1B5D57 #288C84 #36BCB1 #5ED1C7 #8EDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BCB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#36BCB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCB1

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCB1	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c8',
    500: '#36bcb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcb1;
$custom-light: #81d1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.075,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCB1

secondary

#C9858A

accent

#4955DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCB1

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

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