#36BCA7#36BCA7

#36BCA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCA7
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 167)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 11.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -40.43, 0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 40.43, 179.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.1169 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.117 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4762, 39.5376, 42.7879)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCA7 #BC364B

analogous

#36BC64 #36BCA7 #368EBC

triadic

#36BCA7 #A736BC #BCA736

tetradic

#36BCA7 #6436BC #BC364B #8EBC36

square

#36BCA7 #6436BC #BC364B #8EBC36

split-complementary

#36BCA7 #BC368E #BC6436

monochromatic

#1B5D53 #288C7D #36BCA7 #5ED1BF #8EDFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36BCA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#36BCA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCA7

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCA7	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c1',
    500: '#36bca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bca7;
$custom-light: #80d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.597,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7193,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCA7

secondary

#C9858F

accent

#4961DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCA7

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

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