#36BFBD#36BFBD

#36BFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFBD
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -35.71, -9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 36.95, 194.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.11 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.113 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3332, 41.7165, 54.6404)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFBD #BF3638

analogous

#36BF78 #36BFBD #367CBF

triadic

#36BFBD #BD36BF #BFBD36

tetradic

#36BFBD #7836BF #BF3638 #7CBF36

square

#36BFBD #7836BF #BF3638 #7CBF36

split-complementary

#36BFBD #BF367C #BF7836

monochromatic

#1B605F #298F8E #36BFBD #60D2D0 #90E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#36BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#36BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFBD

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFBD	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)

#B3B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3d0',
    500: '#36bfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfbd;
$custom-light: #83d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.124,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73387,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFBD

secondary

#CA8787

accent

#494BDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFBD

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

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