#36BCB3#36BCB3

#36BCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCB3
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -37.16, -5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 37.61, 188.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.1114 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.113 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6374, 40.0021, 48.9037)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCB3 #BC363F

analogous

#36BC70 #36BCB3 #3682BC

triadic

#36BCB3 #B336BC #BCB336

tetradic

#36BCB3 #7036BC #BC363F #82BC36

square

#36BCB3 #7036BC #BC363F #82BC36

split-complementary

#36BCB3 #BC3682 #BC7036

monochromatic

#1B5D58 #288C86 #36BCB3 #5ED1C9 #8EDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#36BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCB3

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCB3	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c9',
    500: '#36bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcb3;
$custom-light: #81d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.97,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72311,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCB3

secondary

#C98589

accent

#4953DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCB3

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

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