#36C5BD#36C5BD

#36C5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5BD
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -38.46, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 39.06, 190.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.1159 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.117 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6686, 44.3872, 55.0855)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5BD #C5363E

analogous

#36C575 #36C5BD #3686C5

triadic

#36C5BD #BD36C5 #C5BD36

tetradic

#36C5BD #7536C5 #C5363E #86C536

square

#36C5BD #7536C5 #C5363E #86C536

split-complementary

#36C5BD #C53686 #C57536

monochromatic

#1C6561 #29958F #36C5BD #64D4CE #94E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#36C5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#36C5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5BD

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5BD	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7d0',
    500: '#36c5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5bd;
$custom-light: #83d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.643,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74859,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5BD

secondary

#CD8A8E

accent

#4850E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5BD

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

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