#36C8BF#36C8BF

#36C8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.119 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C8BF
RGB	rgb(54, 200, 191)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -39.26, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 39.79, 189.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.118 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.119 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5751, 45.8506, 56.4660)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C8BF #C8363F

analogous

#36C876 #36C8BF #3688C8

triadic

#36C8BF #BF36C8 #C8BF36

tetradic

#36C8BF #7636C8 #C8363F #88C836

square

#36C8BF #7636C8 #C8363F #88C836

split-complementary

#36C8BF #C83688 #C87636

monochromatic

#1C6863 #299891 #36C8BF #66D6CF #96E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#36C8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#36C8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C8BF

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C8BF	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 200, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.119 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d9d2',
    500: '#36c8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c8bf;
$custom-light: #84d9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.301,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75661,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C8BF

secondary

#CE8C90

accent

#4751E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1514

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C8BF

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

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