#36C3B5#36C3B5

#36C3B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C3B5
RGB	rgb(54, 195, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 7.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -39.78, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 39.95, 185.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.1175 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.118 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3729, 43.1472, 50.4873)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C3B5 #C33644

analogous

#36C36F #36C3B5 #368BC3

triadic

#36C3B5 #B536C3 #C3B536

tetradic

#36C3B5 #6F36C3 #C33644 #8BC336

square

#36C3B5 #6F36C3 #C33644 #8BC336

split-complementary

#36C3B5 #C3368B #C36F36

monochromatic

#1B635C #299389 #36C3B5 #63D4C8 #92E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#36C3B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#36C3B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C3B5

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C3B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C3B5	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c3b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 195, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6cb',
    500: '#36c3b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c3b5;
$custom-light: #82d6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c3b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.043,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74107,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C3B5

secondary

#CC8990

accent

#4857E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C3B5

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

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