#36C3B8#36C3B8

#36C3B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C3B8
RGB	rgb(54, 195, 184)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 5.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -38.95, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 39.30, 187.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.1162 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.117 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6841, 43.2716, 52.1259)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C3B8 #C33641

analogous

#36C372 #36C3B8 #3688C3

triadic

#36C3B8 #B836C3 #C3B836

tetradic

#36C3B8 #7236C3 #C33641 #88C336

square

#36C3B8 #7236C3 #C33641 #88C336

split-complementary

#36C3B8 #C33688 #C37236

monochromatic

#1B635E #29938B #36C3B8 #63D4CB #92E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#36C3B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#36C3B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C3B8

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C3B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C3B8	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B8B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c3b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 195, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6cd',
    500: '#36c3b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c3b8;
$custom-light: #83d6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c3b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.319,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74203,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C3B8

secondary

#CC898E

accent

#4854E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C3B8

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

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