#36C5BE#36C5BE

#36C5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5BE
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -38.18, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 38.88, 190.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.1155 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.117 190)
XYZ	xyz(30.7775, 44.4308, 55.6591)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5BE #C5363D

analogous

#36C577 #36C5BE #3685C5

triadic

#36C5BE #BE36C5 #C5BE36

tetradic

#36C5BE #7736C5 #C5363D #85C536

square

#36C5BE #7736C5 #C5363D #85C536

split-complementary

#36C5BE #C53685 #C57736

monochromatic

#1C6561 #299590 #36C5BE #64D4CF #94E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#36C5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#36C5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5BE

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5BE	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7d1',
    500: '#36c5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5be;
$custom-light: #83d7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.063,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74892,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.44434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5BE

secondary

#CD8A8D

accent

#484FE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5BE

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

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