#36C4BC#36C4BC

#36C4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4BC
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -38.29, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 38.88, 189.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.1154 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.117 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3341, 43.8913, 54.4404)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4BC #C4363E

analogous

#36C475 #36C4BC #3685C4

triadic

#36C4BC #BC36C4 #C4BC36

tetradic

#36C4BC #7536C4 #C4363E #85C436

square

#36C4BC #7536C4 #C4363E #85C436

split-complementary

#36C4BC #C43685 #C47536

monochromatic

#1C6460 #29948E #36C4BC #63D4CE #93E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#36C4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#36C4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4BC

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4BC	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6d0',
    500: '#36c4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4bc;
$custom-light: #83d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.62,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7458,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4BC

secondary

#CC898D

accent

#4850E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4BC

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

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