#36C6B4#36C6B4

#36C6B4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.121 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C6B4
RGB	rgb(54, 198, 180)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 9.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -41.39, -1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 41.43, 182.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.121 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.121 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9496, 44.4642, 50.1752)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C6B4 #C63648

analogous

#36C66C #36C6B4 #3690C6

triadic

#36C6B4 #B436C6 #C6B436

tetradic

#36C6B4 #6C36C6 #C63648 #90C636

square

#36C6B4 #6C36C6 #C63648 #90C636

split-complementary

#36C6B4 #C63690 #C66C36

monochromatic

#1C665D #299688 #36C6B4 #64D5C7 #94E2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#36C6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#36C6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C6B4

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C6B4	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)

#BDBAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 198, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.121 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d8ca',
    500: '#36c6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c6b4;
$custom-light: #83d8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74817,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C6B4

secondary

#CD8B93

accent

#475BE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C6B4

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

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