#36CAC9#36CAC9

#36CAC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CAC9
RGB	rgb(54, 202, 201)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -37.35, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 38.81, 195.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.1155 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.119 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1796, 47.2384, 62.6162)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CAC9 #CA3637

analogous

#36CA7F #36CAC9 #3681CA

triadic

#36CAC9 #C936CA #CAC936

tetradic

#36CAC9 #7F36CA #CA3637 #81CA36

square

#36CAC9 #7F36CA #CA3637 #81CA36

split-complementary

#36CAC9 #CA3681 #CA7F36

monochromatic

#1C6A69 #299A99 #36CAC9 #66D7D6 #97E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#36CAC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#36CAC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CAC9

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CAC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CAC9	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 202, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dad9',
    500: '#36cac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cac9;
$custom-light: #85dad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.595,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76484,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CAC9

secondary

#CF8D8D

accent

#4647E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CAC9

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

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