#36BCA1#36BCA1

#36BCA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCA1
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 161)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 14.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -42.01, 3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 42.14, 175.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.1197 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.12 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9343, 39.3209, 39.9342)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCA1 #BC3651

analogous

#36BC5E #36BCA1 #3694BC

triadic

#36BCA1 #A136BC #BCA136

tetradic

#36BCA1 #5E36BC #BC3651 #94BC36

square

#36BCA1 #5E36BC #BC3651 #94BC36

split-complementary

#36BCA1 #BC3694 #BC5E36

monochromatic

#1B5D50 #288C78 #36BCA1 #5ED1BA #8EDFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BCA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#36BCA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCA1

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCA1	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)

#B5B0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1bc',
    500: '#36bca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bca1;
$custom-light: #80d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.91,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71751,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCA1

secondary

#C98593

accent

#4967DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCA1

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

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