#36C4B5#36C4B5

#36C4B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.119 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4B5
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 7.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -40.23, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 40.36, 184.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.1185 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.119 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5977, 43.5968, 50.5622)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4B5 #C43645

analogous

#36C46E #36C4B5 #368CC4

triadic

#36C4B5 #B536C4 #C4B536

tetradic

#36C4B5 #6E36C4 #C43645 #8CC436

square

#36C4B5 #6E36C4 #C43645 #8CC436

split-complementary

#36C4B5 #C4368C #C46E36

monochromatic

#1C645C #299489 #36C4B5 #63D4C8 #93E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#36C4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#36C4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4B5

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4B5	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)

#BAB9B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.119 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6cb',
    500: '#36c4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4b5;
$custom-light: #83d6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.662,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74354,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4B5

secondary

#CC8991

accent

#4858E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4B5

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

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