#36C4B6#36C4B6

#36C4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.119 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4B6
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 182)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -39.95, -3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 40.13, 185.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.1181 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.119 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7007, 43.6380, 51.1045)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4B6 #C43644

analogous

#36C46F #36C4B6 #368BC4

triadic

#36C4B6 #B636C4 #C4B636

tetradic

#36C4B6 #6F36C4 #C43644 #8BC436

square

#36C4B6 #6F36C4 #C43644 #8BC436

split-complementary

#36C4B6 #C4368B #C46F36

monochromatic

#1C645D #299489 #36C4B6 #63D4C9 #93E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#36C4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#36C4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4B6

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4B6	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB9B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.119 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6cb',
    500: '#36c4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4b6;
$custom-light: #83d6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.085,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74386,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4B6

secondary

#CC8990

accent

#4857E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4B6

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

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