#36CBC4#36CBC4

#36CBC4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.121 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CBC4
RGB	rgb(54, 203, 196)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 3.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -39.22, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 39.96, 191.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.1187 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.121 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8364, 47.4777, 59.6474)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CBC4 #CB363D

analogous

#36CB79 #36CBC4 #3688CB

triadic

#36CBC4 #C436CB #CBC436

tetradic

#36CBC4 #7936CB #CB363D #88CB36

square

#36CBC4 #7936CB #CB363D #88CB36

split-complementary

#36CBC4 #CB3688 #CB7936

monochromatic

#1C6B67 #289C96 #36CBC4 #67D8D2 #97E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#36CBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#36CBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CBC4

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CBC4	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 203, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.121 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd5',
    500: '#36cbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cbc4;
$custom-light: #85dbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.181,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76559,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CBC4

secondary

#D08D90

accent

#464DE2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CBC4

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

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