#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
RGBrgb(54, 202, 196)
HSLhsl(178, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(178, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(73.3%, 0%, 3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.19, -38.77, -8.07)
CIE-LCHlch(74.19, 39.60, 191.76°)
OKLaboklab(76.32% -0.1177 -0.0225)
OKLCHoklch(76.32% 0.12 190.8)
XYZxyz(32.6010, 47.0069, 59.5689)
Luminance0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36CAC41.002.0210.4010.40
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4021.001.001.00
##00000010.4021.001.001.00

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

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#36CAC4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva