#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
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -37.79, -5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 38.18, 188.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.113 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.114 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1691, 40.9031, 49.5817)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##36BEB4	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEB4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →