#36BEB8#36BEB8

#36BEB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEB8
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 184)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -36.67, -7.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 37.42, 191.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1112 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.113 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5825, 41.0685, 51.7587)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEB8 #BE363C

analogous

#36BE74 #36BEB8 #3680BE

triadic

#36BEB8 #B836BE #BEB836

tetradic

#36BEB8 #7436BE #BE363C #80BE36

square

#36BEB8 #7436BE #BE363C #80BE36

split-complementary

#36BEB8 #BE3680 #BE7436

monochromatic

#1B5F5C #288E8A #36BEB8 #60D2CD #8FDFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#36BEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#36BEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEB8

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEB8	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36beb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2cd',
    500: '#36beb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36beb8;
$custom-light: #82d2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36beb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.353,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72971,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEB8

secondary

#CA8689

accent

#494FDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEB8

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

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