#36BCBF#36BCBF

#36BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCBF
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -33.72, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 35.74, 199.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.1061 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.111 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9043, 40.5089, 55.5757)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCBF #BF3936

analogous

#36BF7D #36BCBF #3677BF

triadic

#36BCBF #BF36BC #BCBF36

tetradic

#36BCBF #7D36BF #BF3936 #77BF36

square

#36BCBF #7D36BF #BF3936 #77BF36

split-complementary

#36BCBF #BF3677 #BF7D36

monochromatic

#1B5E60 #298D8F #36BCBF #60D0D2 #90DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#36BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCBF

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCBF	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0d2',
    500: '#36bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcbf;
$custom-light: #82d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.314,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72722,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCBF

secondary

#CA8887

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCBF

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

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