#36C3B4#36C3B4

#36C3B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C3B4
RGB	rgb(54, 195, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 7.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -40.05, -3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 40.18, 184.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.118 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.118 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2707, 43.1063, 49.9488)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C3B4 #C33645

analogous

#36C36E #36C3B4 #368CC3

triadic

#36C3B4 #B436C3 #C3B436

tetradic

#36C3B4 #6E36C3 #C33645 #8CC336

square

#36C3B4 #6E36C3 #C33645 #8CC336

split-complementary

#36C3B4 #C3368C #C36E36

monochromatic

#1B635C #299388 #36C3B4 #63D4C8 #92E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#36C3B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#36C3B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C3B4

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C3B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C3B4	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c3b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 195, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6ca',
    500: '#36c3b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c3b4;
$custom-light: #82d6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c3b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.617,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74075,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C3B4

secondary

#CC8990

accent

#4858E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C3B4

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

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