#36C6C4#36C6C4

#36C6C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.117 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C6C4
RGB	rgb(54, 198, 196)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -36.94, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 38.23, 194.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.1138 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.117 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6746, 45.1541, 59.2601)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C6C4 #C63638

analogous

#36C67C #36C6C4 #3680C6

triadic

#36C6C4 #C436C6 #C6C436

tetradic

#36C6C4 #7C36C6 #C63638 #80C636

square

#36C6C4 #7C36C6 #C63638 #80C636

split-complementary

#36C6C4 #C63680 #C67C36

monochromatic

#1C6665 #299694 #36C6C4 #64D5D3 #94E2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#36C6C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#36C6C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C6C4

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C6C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C6C4	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BCC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c6c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 198, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.117 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d8d5',
    500: '#36c6c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c6c4;
$custom-light: #84d8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c6c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.167,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75339,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C6C4

secondary

#CD8B8C

accent

#474AE0

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C6C4

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

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