#36BCB8#36BCB8

#36BCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCB8
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -35.75, -8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 36.70, 193.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.1092 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.112 192)
XYZ	xyz(28.1523, 40.2081, 51.6153)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCB8 #BC363A

analogous

#36BC75 #36BCB8 #367DBC

triadic

#36BCB8 #B836BC #BCB836

tetradic

#36BCB8 #7536BC #BC363A #7DBC36

square

#36BCB8 #7536BC #BC363A #7DBC36

split-complementary

#36BCB8 #BC367D #BC7536

monochromatic

#1B5D5B #288C89 #36BCB8 #5ED1CD #8EDFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#36BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCB8

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCB8	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0cd',
    500: '#36bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcb8;
$custom-light: #82d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.209,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72478,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.40211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCB8

secondary

#C98587

accent

#494EDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCB8

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

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