#36BEA6#36BEA6

#36BEA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEA6
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 166)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 12.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -41.58, 1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 41.61, 177.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.1194 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.119 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8143, 40.3612, 42.4463)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEA6 #BE364E

analogous

#36BE62 #36BEA6 #3692BE

triadic

#36BEA6 #A636BE #BEA636

tetradic

#36BEA6 #6236BE #BE364E #92BE36

square

#36BEA6 #6236BE #BE364E #92BE36

split-complementary

#36BEA6 #BE3692 #BE6236

monochromatic

#1B5F53 #288E7C #36BEA6 #60D2BE #8FDFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#36BEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEA6

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEA6	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#B6B2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2c0',
    500: '#36bea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bea6;
$custom-light: #81d2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEA6

secondary

#CA8692

accent

#4963DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEA6

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

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