#36C5B8#36C5B8

#36C5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.119 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5B8
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 184)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 0%, 6.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -39.85, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 40.08, 186.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.1182 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.119 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1352, 44.1739, 52.2763)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5B8 #C53643

analogous

#36C570 #36C5B8 #368BC5

triadic

#36C5B8 #B836C5 #C5B836

tetradic

#36C5B8 #7036C5 #C53643 #8BC536

square

#36C5B8 #7036C5 #C53643 #8BC536

split-complementary

#36C5B8 #C5368B #C57036

monochromatic

#1C655E #29958B #36C5B8 #64D4CA #94E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#36C5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#36C5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5B8

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5B8	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.119 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7cd',
    500: '#36c5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5b8;
$custom-light: #83d7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74696,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5B8

secondary

#CD8A90

accent

#4855E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5B8

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

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