#36BCB9#36BCB9

#36BCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCB9
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -35.46, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 36.54, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.1088 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.112 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2575, 40.2501, 52.1693)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCB9 #BC3639

analogous

#36BC76 #36BCB9 #367CBC

triadic

#36BCB9 #B936BC #BCB936

tetradic

#36BCB9 #7636BC #BC3639 #7CBC36

square

#36BCB9 #7636BC #BC3639 #7CBC36

split-complementary

#36BCB9 #BC367C #BC7636

monochromatic

#1B5D5B #288C8A #36BCB9 #5ED1CE #8EDFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#36BCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCB9

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCB9	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0ce',
    500: '#36bcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcb9;
$custom-light: #82d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.657,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCB9

secondary

#C98586

accent

#494CDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCB9

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

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