#36BEC1#36BEC1

#36BEC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.112 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEC1
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 193)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -34.08, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 36.12, 199.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.1073 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.112 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5561, 41.4579, 56.8862)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEC1 #C13936

analogous

#36C17E #36BEC1 #3678C1

triadic

#36BEC1 #C136BE #BEC136

tetradic

#36BEC1 #7E36C1 #C13936 #78C136

square

#36BEC1 #7E36C1 #C13936 #78C136

split-complementary

#36BEC1 #C13678 #C17E36

monochromatic

#1B6061 #298F91 #36BEC1 #61D0D3 #91DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#36BEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#36BEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEC1

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEC1	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.112 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2d3',
    500: '#36bec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bec1;
$custom-light: #83d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.295,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73282,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEC1

secondary

#CB8988

accent

#4C48E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEC1

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

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