#36C3BC#36C3BC

#36C3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.116 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C3BC
RGB	rgb(54, 195, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -37.83, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 38.51, 190.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.1144 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.116 190)
XYZ	xyz(30.1093, 43.4417, 54.3654)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C3BC #C3363D

analogous

#36C376 #36C3BC #3684C3

triadic

#36C3BC #BC36C3 #C3BC36

tetradic

#36C3BC #7636C3 #C3363D #84C336

square

#36C3BC #7636C3 #C3363D #84C336

split-complementary

#36C3BC #C33684 #C37636

monochromatic

#1B6360 #29938E #36C3BC #63D4CE #92E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#36C3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#36C3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C3BC

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C3BC	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 195, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.116 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6d0',
    500: '#36c3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c3bc;
$custom-light: #83d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.021,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74335,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.43445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C3BC

secondary

#CC898C

accent

#484FE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C3BC

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

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