#36BCAA#36BCAA

#36BCAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCAA
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -39.63, -1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 39.65, 181.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1155 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.116 182)
XYZ	xyz(26.7567, 39.6498, 44.2654)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCAA #BC3648

analogous

#36BC67 #36BCAA #368BBC

triadic

#36BCAA #AA36BC #BCAA36

tetradic

#36BCAA #6736BC #BC3648 #8BBC36

square

#36BCAA #6736BC #BC3648 #8BBC36

split-complementary

#36BCAA #BC368B #BC6736

monochromatic

#1B5D54 #288C7F #36BCAA #5ED1C1 #8EDFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#36BCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCAA

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCAA	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c3',
    500: '#36bcaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcaa;
$custom-light: #81d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.94,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72022,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.39653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCAA

secondary

#C9858E

accent

#495DDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCAA

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

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