#36CAC4#36CAC4

#36CAC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.120 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CAC4
RGB	rgb(54, 202, 196)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -38.77, -8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 39.60, 191.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.1177 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.12 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6010, 47.0069, 59.5689)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CAC4 #CA363C

analogous

#36CA7A #36CAC4 #3686CA

triadic

#36CAC4 #C436CA #CAC436

tetradic

#36CAC4 #7A36CA #CA363C #86CA36

square

#36CAC4 #7A36CA #CA363C #86CA36

split-complementary

#36CAC4 #CA3686 #CA7A36

monochromatic

#1C6A67 #299A96 #36CAC4 #66D7D2 #97E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#36CAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#36CAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CAC4

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CAC4	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBFC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B0C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 202, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.120 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd5',
    500: '#36cac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cac4;
$custom-light: #85dbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.568,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76315,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CAC4

secondary

#CF8D90

accent

#464DE1

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CAC4

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

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