#36BFAA#36BFAA

#36BFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFAA
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 170)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 11%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -40.97, 0.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 40.97, 179.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1186 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.119 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4043, 40.9449, 44.4813)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFAA #BF364B

analogous

#36BF65 #36BFAA #368FBF

triadic

#36BFAA #AA36BF #BFAA36

tetradic

#36BFAA #6536BF #BF364B #8FBF36

square

#36BFAA #6536BF #BF364B #8FBF36

split-complementary

#36BFAA #BF368F #BF6536

monochromatic

#1B6055 #298F80 #36BFAA #60D2C1 #90E0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#36BFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFAA

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFAA	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3c3',
    500: '#36bfaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfaa;
$custom-light: #81d3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.803,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72771,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFAA

secondary

#CA8791

accent

#4960DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFAA

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

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