#36CAA6#36CAA6

#36CAA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.133 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CAA6
RGB	rgb(54, 202, 166)
HSL	hsl(165, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 17.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -46.73, 7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 47.25, 171.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.1314 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.133 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5212, 45.7750, 43.3486)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CAA6 #CA365A

analogous

#36CA5C #36CAA6 #36A4CA

triadic

#36CAA6 #A636CA #CAA636

tetradic

#36CAA6 #5C36CA #CA365A #A4CA36

square

#36CAA6 #5C36CA #CA365A #A4CA36

split-complementary

#36CAA6 #CA36A4 #CA5C36

monochromatic

#1C6A57 #299A7F #36CAA6 #66D7BB #97E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#36CAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#36CAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CAA6

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CAA6	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BDA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36caa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 202, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.133 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbc0',
    500: '#36caa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36caa6;
$custom-light: #83dbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36caa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.405,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75403,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CAA6

secondary

#CF8D9D

accent

#466CE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CAA6

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

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