#36C6B5#36C6B5

#36C6B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.121 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C6B5
RGB	rgb(54, 198, 181)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 8.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -41.12, -2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 41.18, 183.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.1205 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.121 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0519, 44.5050, 50.7136)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C6B5 #C63647

analogous

#36C66D #36C6B5 #368FC6

triadic

#36C6B5 #B536C6 #C6B536

tetradic

#36C6B5 #6D36C6 #C63647 #8FC636

square

#36C6B5 #6D36C6 #C63647 #8FC636

split-complementary

#36C6B5 #C6368F #C66D36

monochromatic

#1C665D #299689 #36C6B5 #64D5C8 #94E2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#36C6B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#36C6B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C6B5

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C6B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C6B5	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)

#BCBBB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c6b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 198, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.121 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d8cb',
    500: '#36c6b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c6b5;
$custom-light: #83d8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c6b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.917,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74848,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C6B5

secondary

#CD8B93

accent

#4759E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C6B5

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

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