#36BCA3#36BCA3

#36BCA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCA3
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 163)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -41.49, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 41.55, 176.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.1188 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.119 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1121, 39.3920, 40.8705)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCA3 #BC364F

analogous

#36BC60 #36BCA3 #3692BC

triadic

#36BCA3 #A336BC #BCA336

tetradic

#36BCA3 #6036BC #BC364F #92BC36

square

#36BCA3 #6036BC #BC364F #92BC36

split-complementary

#36BCA3 #BC3692 #BC6036

monochromatic

#1B5D51 #288C7A #36BCA3 #5ED1BB #8EDFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BCA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#36BCA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCA3

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCA3	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1be',
    500: '#36bca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bca3;
$custom-light: #80d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.806,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7181,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCA3

secondary

#C98591

accent

#4965DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCA3

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

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