#36C5BA#36C5BA

#36C5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5BA
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 186)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -39.30, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 39.66, 187.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.1173 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.118 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3463, 44.2583, 53.3882)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5BA #C53641

analogous

#36C573 #36C5BA #3688C5

triadic

#36C5BA #BA36C5 #C5BA36

tetradic

#36C5BA #7336C5 #C53641 #88C536

square

#36C5BA #7336C5 #C53641 #88C536

split-complementary

#36C5BA #C53688 #C57336

monochromatic

#1C655F #29958D #36C5BA #64D4CC #94E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#36C5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#36C5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5BA

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5BA	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7ce',
    500: '#36c5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5ba;
$custom-light: #83d7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74761,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5BA

secondary

#CD8A8F

accent

#4853E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5BA

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

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