#36BCAD#36BCAD

#36BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCAD
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -38.82, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 38.92, 184.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.1142 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.114 184)
XYZ	xyz(27.0438, 39.7647, 45.7771)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCAD #BC3645

analogous

#36BC6A #36BCAD #3688BC

triadic

#36BCAD #AD36BC #BCAD36

tetradic

#36BCAD #6A36BC #BC3645 #88BC36

square

#36BCAD #6A36BC #BC3645 #88BC36

split-complementary

#36BCAD #BC3688 #BC6A36

monochromatic

#1B5D55 #288C81 #36BCAD #5ED1C4 #8EDFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#36BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCAD

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCAD	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c5',
    500: '#36bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcad;
$custom-light: #81d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.284,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72116,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.39768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCAD

secondary

#C9858C

accent

#495ADF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCAD

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

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