#36C5B9#36C5B9

#36C5B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.118 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5B9
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 185)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 0%, 6.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -39.58, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 39.87, 186.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.1177 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.119 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2404, 44.2159, 52.8303)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5B9 #C53642

analogous

#36C572 #36C5B9 #368AC5

triadic

#36C5B9 #B936C5 #C5B936

tetradic

#36C5B9 #7236C5 #C53642 #8AC536

square

#36C5B9 #7236C5 #C53642 #8AC536

split-complementary

#36C5B9 #C5368A #C57236

monochromatic

#1C655F #29958C #36C5B9 #64D4CB #94E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#36C5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#36C5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5B9

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5B9	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	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)

#BABAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.118 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7ce',
    500: '#36c5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5b9;
$custom-light: #83d7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.965,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74729,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5B9

secondary

#CD8A90

accent

#4854E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5B9

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

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