#36BCAE#36BCAE

#36BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCAE
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -38.54, -3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 38.68, 184.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.1137 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.114 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1409, 39.8035, 46.2886)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCAE #BC3644

analogous

#36BC6B #36BCAE #3687BC

triadic

#36BCAE #AE36BC #BCAE36

tetradic

#36BCAE #6B36BC #BC3644 #87BC36

square

#36BCAE #6B36BC #BC3644 #87BC36

split-complementary

#36BCAE #BC3687 #BC6B36

monochromatic

#1B5D56 #288C82 #36BCAE #5ED1C5 #8EDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#36BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCAE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCAE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c6',
    500: '#36bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcae;
$custom-light: #81d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.731,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72148,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCAE

secondary

#C9858C

accent

#4959DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCAE

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

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