#36BEAB#36BEAB

#36BEAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEAB
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 10%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -40.25, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 40.26, 181.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1171 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.117 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2819, 40.5482, 44.9089)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEAB #BE3649

analogous

#36BE67 #36BEAB #368DBE

triadic

#36BEAB #AB36BE #BEAB36

tetradic

#36BEAB #6736BE #BE3649 #8DBE36

square

#36BEAB #6736BE #BE3649 #8DBE36

split-complementary

#36BEAB #BE368D #BE6736

monochromatic

#1B5F55 #288E80 #36BEAB #60D2C2 #8FDFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#36BEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEAB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEAB	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36beab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2c3',
    500: '#36beab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36beab;
$custom-light: #81d2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36beab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.618,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72552,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEAB

secondary

#CA868F

accent

#495EDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEAB

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

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