#36BCA5#36BCA5

#36BCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCA5
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -40.96, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 40.98, 178.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.1178 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.118 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2927, 39.4642, 41.8217)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCA5 #BC364D

analogous

#36BC62 #36BCA5 #3690BC

triadic

#36BCA5 #A536BC #BCA536

tetradic

#36BCA5 #6236BC #BC364D #90BC36

square

#36BCA5 #6236BC #BC364D #90BC36

split-complementary

#36BCA5 #BC3690 #BC6236

monochromatic

#1B5D52 #288C7B #36BCA5 #5ED1BD #8EDFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#36BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCA5

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCA5	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)

#B4B1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1bf',
    500: '#36bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bca5;
$custom-light: #80d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.701,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71869,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCA5

secondary

#C98590

accent

#4963DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCA5

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

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