#36BCA6#36BCA6

#36BCA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCA6
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -40.70, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 40.71, 178.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.1174 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.117 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3841, 39.5008, 42.3029)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCA6 #BC364C

analogous

#36BC63 #36BCA6 #368FBC

triadic

#36BCA6 #A636BC #BCA636

tetradic

#36BCA6 #6336BC #BC364C #8FBC36

square

#36BCA6 #6336BC #BC364C #8FBC36

split-complementary

#36BCA6 #BC368F #BC6336

monochromatic

#1B5D52 #288C7C #36BCA6 #5ED1BE #8EDFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36BCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#36BCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCA6

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCA6	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c0',
    500: '#36bca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bca6;
$custom-light: #80d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.149,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71899,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCA6

secondary

#C98590

accent

#4962DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCA6

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

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