#36BEAE#36BEAE

#36BEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEAE
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -39.45, -2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 39.52, 183.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.1157 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.116 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5711, 40.6639, 46.4320)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEAE #BE3646

analogous

#36BE6A #36BEAE #368ABE

triadic

#36BEAE #AE36BE #BEAE36

tetradic

#36BEAE #6A36BE #BE3646 #8ABE36

square

#36BEAE #6A36BE #BE3646 #8ABE36

split-complementary

#36BEAE #BE368A #BE6A36

monochromatic

#1B5F57 #288E82 #36BEAE #60D2C4 #8FDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#36BEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEAE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEAE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36beae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2c6',
    500: '#36beae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36beae;
$custom-light: #81d2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36beae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72645,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEAE

secondary

#CA868E

accent

#495ADF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEAE

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

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