#36C4B4#36C4B4

#36C4B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4B4
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 180)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -40.50, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 40.59, 183.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.119 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.119 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4955, 43.5559, 50.0238)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4B4 #C43646

analogous

#36C46D #36C4B4 #368DC4

triadic

#36C4B4 #B436C4 #C4B436

tetradic

#36C4B4 #6D36C4 #C43646 #8DC436

square

#36C4B4 #6D36C4 #C43646 #8DC436

split-complementary

#36C4B4 #C4368D #C46D36

monochromatic

#1C645C #299488 #36C4B4 #63D4C7 #93E1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#36C4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#36C4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4B4

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4B4	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB9B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6ca',
    500: '#36c4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4b4;
$custom-light: #82d6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.239,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74322,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4B4

secondary

#CC8991

accent

#4859E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4B4

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

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