#36BCA9#36BCA9

#36BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCA9
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -39.90, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 39.91, 181.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.116 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.116 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6625, 39.6122, 43.7691)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCA9 #BC3649

analogous

#36BC66 #36BCA9 #368CBC

triadic

#36BCA9 #A936BC #BCA936

tetradic

#36BCA9 #6636BC #BC3649 #8CBC36

square

#36BCA9 #6636BC #BC3649 #8CBC36

split-complementary

#36BCA9 #BC368C #BC6636

monochromatic

#1B5D54 #288C7E #36BCA9 #5ED1C1 #8EDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#36BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCA9

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCA9	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#B4B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c2',
    500: '#36bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bca9;
$custom-light: #80d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.493,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCA9

secondary

#C9858E

accent

#495EDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCA9

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

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