#36BCA0#36BCA0

#36BCA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCA0
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -42.26, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 42.44, 174.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.1202 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.121 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8465, 39.2858, 39.4716)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCA0 #BC3652

analogous

#36BC5D #36BCA0 #3695BC

triadic

#36BCA0 #A036BC #BCA036

tetradic

#36BCA0 #5D36BC #BC3652 #95BC36

square

#36BCA0 #5D36BC #BC3652 #95BC36

split-complementary

#36BCA0 #BC3695 #BC5D36

monochromatic

#1B5D4F #288C78 #36BCA0 #5ED1B9 #8EDFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#36BCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCA0

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCA0	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1bc',
    500: '#36bca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bca0;
$custom-light: #80d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.463,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71722,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCA0

secondary

#C98593

accent

#4968DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCA0

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

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