#36BEB1#36BEB1

#36BEB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEB1
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 177)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -38.62, -3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 38.82, 185.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.1144 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.115 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8668, 40.7822, 47.9895)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEB1 #BE3643

analogous

#36BE6D #36BEB1 #3687BE

triadic

#36BEB1 #B136BE #BEB136

tetradic

#36BEB1 #6D36BE #BE3643 #87BE36

square

#36BEB1 #6D36BE #BE3643 #87BE36

split-complementary

#36BEB1 #BE3687 #BE6D36

monochromatic

#1B5F58 #288E85 #36BEB1 #60D2C7 #8FDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BEB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#36BEB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEB1

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEB1	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36beb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2c8',
    500: '#36beb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36beb1;
$custom-light: #81d2c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36beb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.265,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72741,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEB1

secondary

#CA868C

accent

#4957DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEB1

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

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