#36C2BD#36C2BD

#36C2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.115 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C2BD
RGB	rgb(54, 194, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -37.09, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 37.98, 192.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.113 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.115 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9942, 43.0384, 54.8607)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C2BD #C2363B

analogous

#36C277 #36C2BD #3681C2

triadic

#36C2BD #BD36C2 #C2BD36

tetradic

#36C2BD #7736C2 #C2363B #81C236

square

#36C2BD #7736C2 #C2363B #81C236

split-complementary

#36C2BD #C23681 #C27736

monochromatic

#1B6260 #29928E #36C2BD #62D3CF #92E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#36C2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#36C2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C2BD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C2BD	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 194, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.115 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d5d0',
    500: '#36c2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c2bd;
$custom-light: #83d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74123,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C2BD

secondary

#CC888B

accent

#484DE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C2BD

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

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