#36BEB4#36BEB4

#36BEB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36BEB4
RGBrgb(54, 190, 180)
HSLhsl(176, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(176, 72%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.11, -37.79, -5.41)
CIE-LCHlch(70.11, 38.18, 188.14°)
OKLaboklab(72.84% -0.113 -0.0152)
OKLCHoklch(72.84% 0.114 187.7)
XYZxyz(28.1691, 40.9031, 49.5817)
Luminance0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36BEB4 #BE3640
analogous
#36BE70 #36BEB4 #3684BE
triadic
#36BEB4 #B436BE #BEB436
tetradic
#36BEB4 #7036BE #BE3640 #84BE36
square
#36BEB4 #7036BE #BE3640 #84BE36
split-complementary
#36BEB4 #BE3684 #BE7036
monochromatic
#1B5F5A #288E87 #36BEB4 #60D2C9 #8FDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#36BEB4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18
#36BEB4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEB4
9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36BEB4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36BEB41.002.299.189.18
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1821.001.001.00
##0000009.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4B4B4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0A5B5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36beb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 187.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2ca',
    500: '#36beb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36beb4;
$custom-light: #82d2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36beb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.588,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72838,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36BEB4
secondary
#CA868B
accent
#4954DF
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

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#36BEB4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva