#36C3BF#36C3BF

#36C3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C3BF
RGB	rgb(54, 195, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -36.99, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 37.99, 193.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.1131 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.116 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4360, 43.5724, 56.0863)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C3BF #C3363A

analogous

#36C379 #36C3BF #3681C3

triadic

#36C3BF #BF36C3 #C3BF36

tetradic

#36C3BF #7936C3 #C3363A #81C336

square

#36C3BF #7936C3 #C3363A #81C336

split-complementary

#36C3BF #C33681 #C37936

monochromatic

#1B6361 #299390 #36C3BF #63D4D0 #92E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#36C3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#36C3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C3BF

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C3BF	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 195, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d5d2',
    500: '#36c3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c3bf;
$custom-light: #83d5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.298,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74436,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C3BF

secondary

#CC898B

accent

#484CE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C3BF

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

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