#36CBCA#36CBCA

#36CBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.120 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CBCA
RGB	rgb(54, 203, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -37.52, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 38.99, 195.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.1161 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.12 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5330, 47.7563, 63.3162)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CBCA #CB3637

analogous

#36CB7F #36CBCA #3682CB

triadic

#36CBCA #CA36CB #CBCA36

tetradic

#36CBCA #7F36CB #CB3637 #82CB36

square

#36CBCA #7F36CB #CB3637 #82CB36

split-complementary

#36CBCA #CB3682 #CB7F36

monochromatic

#1C6B6A #289C9B #36CBCA #67D8D7 #97E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#36CBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#36CBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CBCA

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CBCA	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 203, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.120 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbda',
    500: '#36cbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cbca;
$custom-light: #85dbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.597,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76762,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CBCA

secondary

#D08D8E

accent

#4647E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CBCA

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

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