#36BCBE#36BCBE

#36BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCBE
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -34.01, -11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 35.86, 198.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1066 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.111 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7946, 40.4650, 54.9982)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCBE #BE3836

analogous

#36BE7C #36BCBE #3678BE

triadic

#36BCBE #BE36BC #BCBE36

tetradic

#36BCBE #7C36BE #BE3836 #78BE36

square

#36BCBE #7C36BE #BE3836 #78BE36

split-complementary

#36BCBE #BE3678 #BE7C36

monochromatic

#1B5E5F #288D8E #36BCBE #60D0D2 #8FDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#36BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCBE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCBE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0d1',
    500: '#36bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcbe;
$custom-light: #82d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72686,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCBE

secondary

#CA8786

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCBE

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

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