#36C4BF#36C4BF

#36C4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4BF
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -37.44, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 38.34, 192.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.1141 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.116 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6609, 44.0220, 56.1613)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4BF #C4363B

analogous

#36C478 #36C4BF #3682C4

triadic

#36C4BF #BF36C4 #C4BF36

tetradic

#36C4BF #7836C4 #C4363B #82C436

square

#36C4BF #7836C4 #C4363B #82C436

split-complementary

#36C4BF #C43682 #C47836

monochromatic

#1C6461 #299490 #36C4BF #63D4D0 #93E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#36C4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#36C4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4BF

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4BF	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6d2',
    500: '#36c4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4bf;
$custom-light: #83d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.887,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74681,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4BF

secondary

#CC898C

accent

#484DE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4BF

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

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