#36C2B5#36C2B5

#36C2B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C2B5
RGB	rgb(54, 194, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 6.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -39.33, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 39.54, 185.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.1165 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.117 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1496, 42.7006, 50.4129)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C2B5 #C23643

analogous

#36C26F #36C2B5 #3689C2

triadic

#36C2B5 #B536C2 #C2B536

tetradic

#36C2B5 #6F36C2 #C23643 #89C236

square

#36C2B5 #6F36C2 #C23643 #89C236

split-complementary

#36C2B5 #C23689 #C26F36

monochromatic

#1B625C #299288 #36C2B5 #62D3C9 #92E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#36C2B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#36C2B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C2B5

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C2B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C2B5	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c2b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 194, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d5cb',
    500: '#36c2b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c2b5;
$custom-light: #82d5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c2b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7386,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C2B5

secondary

#CC888F

accent

#4856E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C2B5

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

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