#36BEBD#36BEBD

#36BEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEBD
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -35.24, -9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 36.62, 195.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.109 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.112 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1159, 41.2818, 54.5679)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEBD #BE3637

analogous

#36BE79 #36BEBD #367BBE

triadic

#36BEBD #BD36BE #BEBD36

tetradic

#36BEBD #7936BE #BE3637 #7BBE36

square

#36BEBD #7936BE #BE3637 #7BBE36

split-complementary

#36BEBD #BE367B #BE7936

monochromatic

#1B5F5E #288E8E #36BEBD #60D2D1 #8FDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#36BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#36BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEBD

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEBD	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 194.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.559,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73141,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEBD

secondary

#CA8686

accent

#494ADF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEBD

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

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