#36BEAC#36BEAC

#36BEAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEAC
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -39.99, -1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 40.01, 181.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.1166 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.117 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3776, 40.5865, 45.4128)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEAC #BE3648

analogous

#36BE68 #36BEAC #368CBE

triadic

#36BEAC #AC36BE #BEAC36

tetradic

#36BEAC #6836BE #BE3648 #8CBE36

square

#36BEAC #6836BE #BE3648 #8CBE36

split-complementary

#36BEAC #BE368C #BE6836

monochromatic

#1B5F56 #288E81 #36BEAC #60D2C3 #8FDFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#36BEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEAC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEAC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36beac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2c4',
    500: '#36beac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36beac;
$custom-light: #81d2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36beac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.059,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72583,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEAC

secondary

#CA868F

accent

#495DDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEAC

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

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