#36BFAD#36BFAD

#36BFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFAD
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -40.16, -1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 40.19, 182.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1172 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.117 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6913, 41.0597, 45.9930)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFAD #BF3648

analogous

#36BF69 #36BFAD #368CBF

triadic

#36BFAD #AD36BF #BFAD36

tetradic

#36BFAD #6936BF #BF3648 #8CBF36

square

#36BFAD #6936BF #BF3648 #8CBF36

split-complementary

#36BFAD #BF368C #BF6936

monochromatic

#1B6057 #298F82 #36BFAD #60D2C3 #90E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#36BFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#36BFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFAD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFAD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3c5',
    500: '#36bfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfad;
$custom-light: #81d3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.117,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFAD

secondary

#CA878F

accent

#495CDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFAD

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

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