#36BEBE#36BEBE

#36BEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEBE
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -34.95, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 36.48, 196.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.1086 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.112 195)
XYZ	xyz(29.2248, 41.3254, 55.1416)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEBE #BE3636

analogous

#36BE7A #36BEBE #367ABE

triadic

#36BEBE #BE36BE #BEBE36

tetradic

#36BEBE #7A36BE #BE3636 #7ABE36

square

#36BEBE #7A36BE #BE3636 #7ABE36

split-complementary

#36BEBE #BE367A #BE7A36

monochromatic

#1B5F5F #288E8E #36BEBE #60D2D2 #8FDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#36BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#36BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEBE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEBE	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2d1',
    500: '#36bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bebe;
$custom-light: #82d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73176,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.41329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEBE

secondary

#CA8686

accent

#4949DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEBE

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

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