#36C4B2#36C4B2

#36C4B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.120 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4B2
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 178)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 9.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -41.04, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 41.07, 182.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.1199 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.12 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2932, 43.4750, 48.9585)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4B2 #C43648

analogous

#36C46B #36C4B2 #368FC4

triadic

#36C4B2 #B236C4 #C4B236

tetradic

#36C4B2 #6B36C4 #C43648 #8FC436

square

#36C4B2 #6B36C4 #C43648 #8FC436

split-complementary

#36C4B2 #C4368F #C46B36

monochromatic

#1C645B #299486 #36C4B2 #63D4C6 #93E1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#36C4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#36C4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4B2

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4B2	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)

#BBB9B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.120 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c9',
    500: '#36c4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4b2;
$custom-light: #82d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.394,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7426,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4B2

secondary

#CC8992

accent

#485BE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4B2

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

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