#36C5BF#36C5BF

#36C5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5BF
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -37.90, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 38.70, 191.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.115 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.117 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8872, 44.4747, 56.2367)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5BF #C5363C

analogous

#36C578 #36C5BF #3683C5

triadic

#36C5BF #BF36C5 #C5BF36

tetradic

#36C5BF #7836C5 #C5363C #83C536

square

#36C5BF #7836C5 #C5363C #83C536

split-complementary

#36C5BF #C53683 #C57836

monochromatic

#1C6562 #299590 #36C5BF #64D4D0 #94E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#36C5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#36C5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5BF

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5BF	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7d2',
    500: '#36c5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5bf;
$custom-light: #83d7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.483,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74926,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5BF

secondary

#CD8A8D

accent

#484EE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5BF

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

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