#36C5BC#36C5BC

#36C5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5BC
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -38.74, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 39.25, 189.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.1164 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.118 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5604, 44.3440, 54.5158)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5BC #C5363F

analogous

#36C575 #36C5BC #3687C5

triadic

#36C5BC #BC36C5 #C5BC36

tetradic

#36C5BC #7536C5 #C5363F #87C536

square

#36C5BC #7536C5 #C5363F #87C536

split-complementary

#36C5BC #C53687 #C57536

monochromatic

#1C6560 #29958E #36C5BC #64D4CD #94E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#36C5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#36C5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5BC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5BC	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7d0',
    500: '#36c5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5bc;
$custom-light: #83d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.224,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74826,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5BC

secondary

#CD8A8E

accent

#4851E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5BC

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

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