#36CDB3#36CDB3

#36CDB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.128 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CDB3
RGB	rgb(54, 205, 179)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 12.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -44.70, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 44.74, 177.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.1283 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.128 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4853, 47.6978, 50.1863)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CDB3 #CD3650

analogous

#36CD67 #36CDB3 #369BCD

triadic

#36CDB3 #B336CD #CDB336

tetradic

#36CDB3 #6736CD #CD3650 #9BCD36

square

#36CDB3 #6736CD #CD3650 #9BCD36

split-complementary

#36CDB3 #CD369B #CD6736

monochromatic

#1B6D5F #279E8A #36CDB3 #67D9C6 #98E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#36CDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#36CDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CDB3

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CDB3	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 205, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.128 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddc9',
    500: '#36cdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cdb3;
$custom-light: #84ddc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.669,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76519,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CDB3

secondary

#D18E99

accent

#4460E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CDB3

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

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