#36C4B3#36C4B3

#36C4B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.120 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4B3
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 8.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -40.77, -2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 40.83, 183.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.1194 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.12 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3940, 43.5153, 49.4892)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4B3 #C43647

analogous

#36C46C #36C4B3 #368EC4

triadic

#36C4B3 #B336C4 #C4B336

tetradic

#36C4B3 #6C36C4 #C43647 #8EC436

square

#36C4B3 #6C36C4 #C43647 #8EC436

split-complementary

#36C4B3 #C4368E #C46C36

monochromatic

#1C645B #299487 #36C4B3 #63D4C7 #93E1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#36C4B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#36C4B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4B3

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4B3	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#BBB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.120 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c9',
    500: '#36c4b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4b3;
$custom-light: #82d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.817,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74291,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4B3

secondary

#CC8991

accent

#485AE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4B3

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

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