#36CAAD#36CAAD

#36CAAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.128 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CAAD
RGB	rgb(54, 202, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 14.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -44.97, 3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 45.10, 175.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.1281 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.128 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1809, 46.0389, 46.8228)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CAAD #CA3653

analogous

#36CA63 #36CAAD #369DCA

triadic

#36CAAD #AD36CA #CAAD36

tetradic

#36CAAD #6336CA #CA3653 #9DCA36

square

#36CAAD #6336CA #CA3653 #9DCA36

split-complementary

#36CAAD #CA369D #CA6336

monochromatic

#1C6A5A #299A84 #36CAAD #66D7C1 #97E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#36CAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#36CAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CAAD

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CAAD	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36caad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 202, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.128 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbc5',
    500: '#36caad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36caad;
$custom-light: #83dbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36caad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.243,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.756,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CAAD

secondary

#CF8D9A

accent

#4665E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CAAD

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

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