#36BEB3#36BEB3

#36BEB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEB3
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -38.07, -4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 38.39, 187.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.1134 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.114 187)
XYZ	xyz(28.0676, 40.8625, 49.0471)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEB3 #BE3641

analogous

#36BE6F #36BEB3 #3685BE

triadic

#36BEB3 #B336BE #BEB336

tetradic

#36BEB3 #6F36BE #BE3641 #85BE36

square

#36BEB3 #6F36BE #BE3641 #85BE36

split-complementary

#36BEB3 #BE3685 #BE6F36

monochromatic

#1B5F59 #288E86 #36BEB3 #60D2C8 #8FDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#36BEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEB3

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEB3	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)

#B4B4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36beb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2c9',
    500: '#36beb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36beb3;
$custom-light: #82d2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36beb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.147,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72806,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.40866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEB3

secondary

#CA868B

accent

#4955DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEB3

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

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