#36BEBF#36BEBF

#36BEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEBF
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -34.66, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 36.35, 197.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.1081 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.112 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3345, 41.3693, 55.7192)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEBF #BF3736

analogous

#36BF7B #36BEBF #3679BF

triadic

#36BEBF #BF36BE #BEBF36

tetradic

#36BEBF #7B36BF #BF3736 #79BF36

square

#36BEBF #7B36BF #BF3736 #79BF36

split-complementary

#36BEBF #BF3679 #BF7B36

monochromatic

#1B5F60 #298F8F #36BEBF #60D1D2 #90DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#36BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#36BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEBF

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEBF	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#B1B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2d2',
    500: '#36bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bebf;
$custom-light: #83d2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.438,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73211,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEBF

secondary

#CA8787

accent

#4A49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEBF

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

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