#36BEA8#36BEA8

#36BEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEA8
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -41.05, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 41.06, 179.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1185 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.118 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9992, 40.4352, 43.4200)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEA8 #BE364C

analogous

#36BE64 #36BEA8 #3690BE

triadic

#36BEA8 #A836BE #BEA836

tetradic

#36BEA8 #6436BE #BE364C #90BE36

square

#36BEA8 #6436BE #BE364C #90BE36

split-complementary

#36BEA8 #BE3690 #BE6436

monochromatic

#1B5F54 #288E7E #36BEA8 #60D2BF #8FDFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#36BEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEA8

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEA8	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)

#B6B2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2c1',
    500: '#36bea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bea8;
$custom-light: #81d2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.294,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7246,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEA8

secondary

#CA8691

accent

#4961DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEA8

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

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