#36BCBC#36BCBC

#36BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCBC
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -34.60, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 36.11, 196.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.1074 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.111 195)
XYZ	xyz(28.5775, 40.3782, 53.8548)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCBC #BC3636

analogous

#36BC79 #36BCBC #3679BC

triadic

#36BCBC #BC36BC #BCBC36

tetradic

#36BCBC #7936BC #BC3636 #79BC36

square

#36BCBC #7936BC #BC3636 #79BC36

split-complementary

#36BCBC #BC3679 #BC7936

monochromatic

#1B5D5D #288C8C #36BCBC #5ED1D1 #8EDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#36BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCBC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCBC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0d0',
    500: '#36bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcbc;
$custom-light: #82d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72616,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.40382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCBC

secondary

#C98585

accent

#4949DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCBC

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

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