#36BCBD#36BCBD

#36BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCBD
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -34.31, -10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 35.98, 197.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.107 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.111 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6857, 40.4214, 54.4245)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCBD #BD3736

analogous

#36BD7A #36BCBD #3679BD

triadic

#36BCBD #BD36BC #BCBD36

tetradic

#36BCBD #7A36BD #BD3736 #79BD36

square

#36BCBD #7A36BD #BD3736 #79BD36

split-complementary

#36BCBD #BD3679 #BD7A36

monochromatic

#1B5D5E #288D8D #36BCBD #5FD0D1 #8FDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#36BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCBD

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCBD	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)

#AFB3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 195.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72651,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCBD

secondary

#C98685

accent

#4A49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCBD

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

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