#36BFAC#36BFAC

#36BFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFAC
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 9.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -40.43, -0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 40.44, 181.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1176 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.118 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5949, 41.0212, 45.4853)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFAC #BF3649

analogous

#36BF68 #36BFAC #368DBF

triadic

#36BFAC #AC36BF #BFAC36

tetradic

#36BFAC #6836BF #BF3649 #8DBF36

square

#36BFAC #6836BF #BF3649 #8DBF36

split-complementary

#36BFAC #BF368D #BF6836

monochromatic

#1B6056 #298F81 #36BFAC #60D2C2 #90E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#36BFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#36BFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFAC

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFAC	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)

#B6B4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3c4',
    500: '#36bfac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfac;
$custom-light: #81d3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.679,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72832,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFAC

secondary

#CA8790

accent

#495DDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFAC

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

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