#36BFBE#36BFBE

#36BFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFBE
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -35.42, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 36.80, 195.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.1096 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.113 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4421, 41.7601, 55.2140)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFBE #BF3637

analogous

#36BF79 #36BFBE #367BBF

triadic

#36BFBE #BE36BF #BFBE36

tetradic

#36BFBE #7936BF #BF3637 #7BBF36

square

#36BFBE #7936BF #BF3637 #7BBF36

split-complementary

#36BFBE #BF367B #BF7936

monochromatic

#1B605F #298F8F #36BFBE #60D2D1 #90E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#36BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#36BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFBE

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFBE	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3d1',
    500: '#36bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfbe;
$custom-light: #83d3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.562,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73421,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFBE

secondary

#CA8787

accent

#494ADF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFBE

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

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