#36CDB4#36CDB4

#36CDB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.128 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CDB4
RGB	rgb(54, 205, 180)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 12.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -44.44, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 44.46, 178.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.1279 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.128 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5868, 47.7384, 50.7209)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CDB4 #CD364F

analogous

#36CD68 #36CDB4 #369ACD

triadic

#36CDB4 #B436CD #CDB436

tetradic

#36CDB4 #6836CD #CD364F #9ACD36

square

#36CDB4 #6836CD #CD364F #9ACD36

split-complementary

#36CDB4 #CD369A #CD6836

monochromatic

#1B6D60 #279E8B #36CDB4 #67D9C6 #98E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#36CDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#36CDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CDB4

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CDB4	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)

#C4C0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 205, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.128 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddca',
    500: '#36cdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cdb4;
$custom-light: #84ddca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.066,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76549,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CDB4

secondary

#D18E99

accent

#445FE3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CDB4

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

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