#36BFAB#36BFAB

#36BFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFAB
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -40.70, -0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 40.70, 180.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1181 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.118 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4992, 40.9829, 44.9814)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFAB #BF364A

analogous

#36BF66 #36BFAB #368EBF

triadic

#36BFAB #AB36BF #BFAB36

tetradic

#36BFAB #6636BF #BF364A #8EBF36

square

#36BFAB #6636BF #BF364A #8EBF36

split-complementary

#36BFAB #BF368E #BF6636

monochromatic

#1B6056 #298F80 #36BFAB #60D2C1 #90E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#36BFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#36BFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFAB

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFAB	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 180.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.241,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72801,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFAB

secondary

#CA8790

accent

#495FDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFAB

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

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