#36BFBC#36BFBC

#36BFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFBC
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -35.99, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 37.10, 194.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.1104 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.113 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2250, 41.6732, 54.0707)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFBC #BF3639

analogous

#36BF77 #36BFBC #367DBF

triadic

#36BFBC #BC36BF #BFBC36

tetradic

#36BFBC #7736BF #BF3639 #7DBF36

square

#36BFBC #7736BF #BF3639 #7DBF36

split-complementary

#36BFBC #BF367D #BF7736

monochromatic

#1B605E #298F8D #36BFBC #60D2D0 #90E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#36BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#36BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFBC

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFBC	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3d0',
    500: '#36bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfbc;
$custom-light: #82d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.686,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73352,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFBC

secondary

#CA8788

accent

#494CDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFBC

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

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