#36BEA4#36BEA4

#36BEA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEA4
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 164)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 13.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -42.10, 2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 42.19, 176.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.1203 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.121 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6323, 40.2884, 41.4876)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEA4 #BE3650

analogous

#36BE60 #36BEA4 #3694BE

triadic

#36BEA4 #A436BE #BEA436

tetradic

#36BEA4 #6036BE #BE3650 #94BE36

square

#36BEA4 #6036BE #BE3650 #94BE36

split-complementary

#36BEA4 #BE3694 #BE6036

monochromatic

#1B5F52 #288E7B #36BEA4 #60D2BC #8FDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#36BEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEA4

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEA4	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2be',
    500: '#36bea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bea4;
$custom-light: #80d2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.529,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEA4

secondary

#CA8693

accent

#4965DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEA4

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

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