#36BEAF#36BEAF

#36BEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEAF
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -39.17, -2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 39.28, 184.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1153 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.116 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6689, 40.7031, 46.9474)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEAF #BE3645

analogous

#36BE6B #36BEAF #3689BE

triadic

#36BEAF #AF36BE #BEAF36

tetradic

#36BEAF #6B36BE #BE3645 #89BE36

square

#36BEAF #6B36BE #BE3645 #89BE36

split-complementary

#36BEAF #BE3689 #BE6B36

monochromatic

#1B5F57 #288E83 #36BEAF #60D2C5 #8FDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#36BEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEAF

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEAF	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36beaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 184.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36beaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.382,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72677,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEAF

secondary

#CA868D

accent

#4959DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEAF

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

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