#36BCA4#36BCA4

#36BCA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCA4
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -41.22, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 41.27, 177.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.1183 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.118 178)
XYZ	xyz(26.2021, 39.4280, 41.3442)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCA4 #BC364E

analogous

#36BC61 #36BCA4 #3691BC

triadic

#36BCA4 #A436BC #BCA436

tetradic

#36BCA4 #6136BC #BC364E #91BC36

square

#36BCA4 #6136BC #BC364E #91BC36

split-complementary

#36BCA4 #BC3691 #BC6136

monochromatic

#1B5D51 #288C7B #36BCA4 #5ED1BC #8EDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36BCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#36BCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCA4

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCA4	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B0A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1be',
    500: '#36bca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bca4;
$custom-light: #80d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.254,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71839,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.39431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCA4

secondary

#C98591

accent

#4964DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCA4

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

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