#36BEB5#36BEB5

#36BEB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEB5
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -37.51, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 37.98, 188.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.1125 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.114 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2714, 40.9440, 50.1201)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEB5 #BE363F

analogous

#36BE71 #36BEB5 #3683BE

triadic

#36BEB5 #B536BE #BEB536

tetradic

#36BEB5 #7136BE #BE363F #83BE36

square

#36BEB5 #7136BE #BE363F #83BE36

split-complementary

#36BEB5 #BE3683 #BE7136

monochromatic

#1B5F5A #288E88 #36BEB5 #60D2CA #8FDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#36BEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEB5

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEB5	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36beb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2cb',
    500: '#36beb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36beb5;
$custom-light: #82d2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36beb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.029,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72871,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEB5

secondary

#CA868A

accent

#4953DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEB5

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

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