#36BCB5#36BCB5

#36BCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCB5
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -36.60, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 37.23, 190.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.1105 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.112 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8411, 40.0836, 49.9767)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCB5 #BC363D

analogous

#36BC72 #36BCB5 #3680BC

triadic

#36BCB5 #B536BC #BCB536

tetradic

#36BCB5 #7236BC #BC363D #80BC36

square

#36BCB5 #7236BC #BC363D #80BC36

split-complementary

#36BCB5 #BC3680 #BC7236

monochromatic

#1B5D59 #288C87 #36BCB5 #5ED1CB #8EDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#36BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCB5

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCB5	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1cb',
    500: '#36bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcb5;
$custom-light: #81d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.866,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.11218,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCB5

secondary

#C98588

accent

#4951DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCB5

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

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