#36BCBB#36BCBB

#36BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCBB
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -34.89, -9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 36.25, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.1079 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.111 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4701, 40.3352, 53.2891)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCBB #BC3637

analogous

#36BC78 #36BCBB #367ABC

triadic

#36BCBB #BB36BC #BCBB36

tetradic

#36BCBB #7836BC #BC3637 #7ABC36

square

#36BCBB #7836BC #BC3637 #7ABC36

split-complementary

#36BCBB #BC367A #BC7836

monochromatic

#1B5D5C #288C8C #36BCBB #5ED1D0 #8EDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#36BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCBB

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCBB	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0cf',
    500: '#36bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcbb;
$custom-light: #82d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.552,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72581,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCBB

secondary

#C98585

accent

#494ADF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCBB

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

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