#36C4CB#36C4CB

#36C4CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4CB
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -33.97, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 36.83, 202.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.1089 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.116 200)
XYZ	xyz(32.0359, 44.5721, 63.4032)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4CB #CB3D36

analogous

#36CB88 #36C4CB #3679CB

triadic

#36C4CB #CB36C4 #C4CB36

tetradic

#36C4CB #8836CB #CB3D36 #79CB36

square

#36C4CB #8836CB #CB3D36 #79CB36

split-complementary

#36C4CB #CB3679 #CB8836

monochromatic

#1C676B #28969C #36C4CB #67D2D8 #97E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#36C4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#36C4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4CB

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4CB	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6da',
    500: '#36c4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4cb;
$custom-light: #84d6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.819,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75099,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.44576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4CB

secondary

#D0908D

accent

#4D46E2

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4CB

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

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