#36C6BF#36C6BF

#36C6BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C6BF
RGB	rgb(54, 198, 191)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 3.5%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -38.36, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 39.06, 190.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.116 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.118 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1150, 44.9303, 56.3127)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C6BF #C6363D

analogous

#36C677 #36C6BF #3685C6

triadic

#36C6BF #BF36C6 #C6BF36

tetradic

#36C6BF #7736C6 #C6363D #85C636

square

#36C6BF #7736C6 #C6363D #85C636

split-complementary

#36C6BF #C63685 #C67736

monochromatic

#1C6662 #299691 #36C6BF #64D5CF #94E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#36C6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#36C6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C6BF

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C6BF	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 198, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d8d2',
    500: '#36c6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c6bf;
$custom-light: #84d8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75171,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C6BF

secondary

#CD8B8E

accent

#474FE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C6BF

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

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