#36BEBC#36BEBC

#36BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEBC
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -35.53, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 36.76, 194.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.1094 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.113 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0077, 41.2386, 53.9982)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEBC #BE3638

analogous

#36BE78 #36BEBC #367CBE

triadic

#36BEBC #BC36BE #BEBC36

tetradic

#36BEBC #7836BE #BE3638 #7CBE36

square

#36BEBC #7836BE #BE3638 #7CBE36

split-complementary

#36BEBC #BE367C #BE7836

monochromatic

#1B5F5E #288E8D #36BEBC #60D2D0 #8FDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#36BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#36BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEBC

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEBC	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2d0',
    500: '#36bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bebc;
$custom-light: #82d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73107,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEBC

secondary

#CA8687

accent

#494BDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEBC

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

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