#36CAC5#36CAC5

#36CAC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.120 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CAC5
RGB	rgb(54, 202, 197)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -38.49, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 39.43, 192.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.1173 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.12 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7152, 47.0526, 60.1703)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CAC5 #CA363B

analogous

#36CA7B #36CAC5 #3685CA

triadic

#36CAC5 #C536CA #CAC536

tetradic

#36CAC5 #7B36CA #CA363B #85CA36

square

#36CAC5 #7B36CA #CA363B #85CA36

split-complementary

#36CAC5 #CA3685 #CA7B36

monochromatic

#1C6A67 #299A96 #36CAC5 #66D7D3 #97E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#36CAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#36CAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CAC5

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CAC5	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B0C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 202, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.120 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd6',
    500: '#36cac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cac5;
$custom-light: #85dbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.973,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76349,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CAC5

secondary

#CF8D8F

accent

#464CE1

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CAC5

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

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