#36BFB5#36BFB5

#36BFB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.115 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFB5
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -37.97, -5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 38.36, 188.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.1135 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.115 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4887, 41.3787, 50.1925)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFB5 #BF3640

analogous

#36BF70 #36BFB5 #3685BF

triadic

#36BFB5 #B536BF #BFB536

tetradic

#36BFB5 #7036BF #BF3640 #85BF36

square

#36BFB5 #7036BF #BF3640 #85BF36

split-complementary

#36BFB5 #BF3685 #BF7036

monochromatic

#1B605B #298F88 #36BFB5 #60D2CA #90E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#36BFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#36BFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFB5

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFB5	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.115 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3cb',
    500: '#36bfb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfb5;
$custom-light: #82d3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.62,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73118,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFB5

secondary

#CA878B

accent

#4954DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFB5

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

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