#36CAB9#36CAB9

#36CAB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.123 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CAB9
RGB	rgb(54, 202, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -41.81, -2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 41.88, 183.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.1226 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.123 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3946, 46.5243, 53.2150)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CAB9 #CA3647

analogous

#36CA6F #36CAB9 #3691CA

triadic

#36CAB9 #B936CA #CAB936

tetradic

#36CAB9 #6F36CA #CA3647 #91CA36

square

#36CAB9 #6F36CA #CA3647 #91CA36

split-complementary

#36CAB9 #CA3691 #CA6F36

monochromatic

#1C6A61 #299A8D #36CAB9 #66D7CA #97E4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#36CAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#36CAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CAB9

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CAB9	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 202, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.123 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbce',
    500: '#36cab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cab9;
$custom-light: #84dbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.108,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7596,
    "c": 0.12289,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CAB9

secondary

#CF8D94

accent

#4658E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CAB9

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

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