#36BFAF#36BFAF

#36BFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFAF
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -39.62, -2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 39.70, 183.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.1163 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.116 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8863, 41.1377, 47.0198)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFAF #BF3646

analogous

#36BF6B #36BFAF #368ABF

triadic

#36BFAF #AF36BF #BFAF36

tetradic

#36BFAF #6B36BF #BF3646 #8ABF36

square

#36BFAF #6B36BF #BF3646 #8ABF36

split-complementary

#36BFAF #BF368A #BF6B36

monochromatic

#1B6058 #298F83 #36BFAF #60D2C5 #90E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#36BFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#36BFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFAF

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFAF	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 183.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.993,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72926,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFAF

secondary

#CA878E

accent

#495ADF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFAF

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

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