#36BCA2#36BCA2

#36BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCA2
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -41.75, 2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 41.84, 176.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.1192 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.119 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0229, 39.3563, 40.4005)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCA2 #BC3650

analogous

#36BC5F #36BCA2 #3693BC

triadic

#36BCA2 #A236BC #BCA236

tetradic

#36BCA2 #5F36BC #BC3650 #93BC36

square

#36BCA2 #5F36BC #BC3650 #93BC36

split-complementary

#36BCA2 #BC3693 #BC5F36

monochromatic

#1B5D50 #288C79 #36BCA2 #5ED1BB #8EDFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#36BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCA2

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCA2	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B0A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1bd',
    500: '#36bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bca2;
$custom-light: #80d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.358,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCA2

secondary

#C98592

accent

#4966DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCA2

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

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