#36BFA8#36BFA8

#36BFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.119 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFA8
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -41.49, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 41.51, 178.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.1195 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.12 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2165, 40.8698, 43.4925)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFA8 #BF364D

analogous

#36BF63 #36BFA8 #3691BF

triadic

#36BFA8 #A836BF #BFA836

tetradic

#36BFA8 #6336BF #BF364D #91BF36

square

#36BFA8 #6336BF #BF364D #91BF36

split-complementary

#36BFA8 #BF3691 #BF6336

monochromatic

#1B6054 #298F7E #36BFA8 #60D2BF #90E0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#36BFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFA8

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFA8	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.119 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3c1',
    500: '#36bfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfa8;
$custom-light: #81d3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.927,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7271,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFA8

secondary

#CA8792

accent

#4962DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFA8

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

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