#36BCB6#36BCB6

#36BCB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCB6
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -36.31, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 37.04, 191.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1101 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.112 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9441, 40.1248, 50.5190)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCB6 #BC363C

analogous

#36BC73 #36BCB6 #367FBC

triadic

#36BCB6 #B636BC #BCB636

tetradic

#36BCB6 #7336BC #BC363C #7FBC36

square

#36BCB6 #7336BC #BC363C #7FBC36

split-complementary

#36BCB6 #BC367F #BC7336

monochromatic

#1B5D5A #288C88 #36BCB6 #5ED1CC #8EDFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#36BCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCB6

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCB6	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1cb',
    500: '#36bcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcb6;
$custom-light: #81d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.313,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7241,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCB6

secondary

#C98588

accent

#4950DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCB6

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

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