#36BEC0#36BEC0

#36BEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEC0
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -34.37, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 36.23, 198.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.1077 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.112 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4449, 41.4134, 56.3007)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEC0 #C03836

analogous

#36C07D #36BEC0 #3679C0

triadic

#36BEC0 #C036BE #BEC036

tetradic

#36BEC0 #7D36C0 #C03836 #79C036

square

#36BEC0 #7D36C0 #C03836 #79C036

split-complementary

#36BEC0 #C03679 #C07D36

monochromatic

#1B5F60 #298F90 #36BEC0 #61D1D2 #90DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#36BEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#36BEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEC0

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEC0	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2d3',
    500: '#36bec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bec0;
$custom-light: #83d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73246,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEC0

secondary

#CB8887

accent

#4B48DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEC0

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

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