#36BEA5#36BEA5

#36BEA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEA5
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -41.84, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 41.90, 176.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.1199 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.12 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7229, 40.3247, 41.9651)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEA5 #BE364F

analogous

#36BE61 #36BEA5 #3693BE

triadic

#36BEA5 #A536BE #BEA536

tetradic

#36BEA5 #6136BE #BE364F #93BE36

square

#36BEA5 #6136BE #BE364F #93BE36

split-complementary

#36BEA5 #BE3693 #BE6136

monochromatic

#1B5F52 #288E7C #36BEA5 #60D2BD #8FDFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#36BEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEA5

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEA5	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2bf',
    500: '#36bea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bea5;
$custom-light: #81d2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.971,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72371,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEA5

secondary

#CA8692

accent

#4964DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEA5

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

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