#36BCA8#36BCA8

#36BCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCA8
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -40.17, -0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 40.17, 180.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1165 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.116 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5690, 39.5747, 43.2766)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCA8 #BC364A

analogous

#36BC65 #36BCA8 #368DBC

triadic

#36BCA8 #A836BC #BCA836

tetradic

#36BCA8 #6536BC #BC364A #8DBC36

square

#36BCA8 #6536BC #BC364A #8DBC36

split-complementary

#36BCA8 #BC368D #BC6536

monochromatic

#1B5D53 #288C7E #36BCA8 #5ED1C0 #8EDFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#36BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCA8

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCA8	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c1',
    500: '#36bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bca8;
$custom-light: #80d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.045,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7196,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCA8

secondary

#C9858F

accent

#495FDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCA8

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

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