#36BEA9#36BEA9

#36BEA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEA9
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -40.79, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 40.79, 179.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.118 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.118 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0927, 40.4726, 43.9125)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEA9 #BE364B

analogous

#36BE65 #36BEA9 #368FBE

triadic

#36BEA9 #A936BE #BEA936

tetradic

#36BEA9 #6536BE #BE364B #8FBE36

square

#36BEA9 #6536BE #BE364B #8FBE36

split-complementary

#36BEA9 #BE368F #BE6536

monochromatic

#1B5F54 #288E7F #36BEA9 #60D2C0 #8FDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#36BEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEA9

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEA9	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)

#B6B3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2c2',
    500: '#36bea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bea9;
$custom-light: #81d2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.735,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72491,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEA9

secondary

#CA8690

accent

#4960DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEA9

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

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