#36BEB2#36BEB2

#36BEB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEB2
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -38.35, -4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 38.60, 186.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1139 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.115 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9669, 40.8222, 48.5164)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEB2 #BE3642

analogous

#36BE6E #36BEB2 #3686BE

triadic

#36BEB2 #B236BE #BEB236

tetradic

#36BEB2 #6E36BE #BE3642 #86BE36

square

#36BEB2 #6E36BE #BE3642 #86BE36

split-complementary

#36BEB2 #BE3686 #BE6E36

monochromatic

#1B5F59 #288E85 #36BEB2 #60D2C8 #8FDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#36BEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEB2

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEB2	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36beb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2c9',
    500: '#36beb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36beb2;
$custom-light: #81d2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36beb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72773,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEB2

secondary

#CA868C

accent

#4956DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEB2

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

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