#36C3BD#36C3BD

#36C3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C3BD
RGB	rgb(54, 195, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -37.55, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 38.33, 191.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.1139 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.116 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2175, 43.4850, 54.9351)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C3BD #C3363C

analogous

#36C377 #36C3BD #3683C3

triadic

#36C3BD #BD36C3 #C3BD36

tetradic

#36C3BD #7736C3 #C3363C #83C336

square

#36C3BD #7736C3 #C3363C #83C336

split-complementary

#36C3BD #C33683 #C37736

monochromatic

#1B6360 #29938F #36C3BD #63D4CF #92E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#36C3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#36C3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C3BD

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C3BD	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 195, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6d0',
    500: '#36c3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c3bd;
$custom-light: #83d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.447,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74368,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C3BD

secondary

#CC898C

accent

#484EE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C3BD

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

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