#36BFAE#36BFAE

#36BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFAE
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -39.89, -1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 39.94, 182.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.1167 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.117 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7884, 41.0986, 46.5045)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFAE #BF3647

analogous

#36BF6A #36BFAE #368BBF

triadic

#36BFAE #AE36BF #BFAE36

tetradic

#36BFAE #6A36BF #BF3647 #8BBF36

square

#36BFAE #6A36BF #BF3647 #8BBF36

split-complementary

#36BFAE #BF368B #BF6A36

monochromatic

#1B6057 #298F83 #36BFAE #60D2C4 #90E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#36BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#36BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFAE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFAE	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3c6',
    500: '#36bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfae;
$custom-light: #81d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.555,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72894,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFAE

secondary

#CA878F

accent

#495BDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFAE

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

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