#36CDB8#36CDB8

#36CDB8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.126 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CDB8
RGB	rgb(54, 205, 184)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 10.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -43.39, -0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 43.40, 180.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.126 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.126 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0001, 47.9038, 52.8979)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CDB8 #CD364B

analogous

#36CD6D #36CDB8 #3696CD

triadic

#36CDB8 #B836CD #CDB836

tetradic

#36CDB8 #6D36CD #CD364B #96CD36

square

#36CDB8 #6D36CD #CD364B #96CD36

split-complementary

#36CDB8 #CD3696 #CD6D36

monochromatic

#1B6D62 #279E8E #36CDB8 #67D9C9 #98E5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#36CDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#36CDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CDB8

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CDB8	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 205, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.126 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddcd',
    500: '#36cdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cdb8;
$custom-light: #84ddcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.656,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76669,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CDB8

secondary

#D18E97

accent

#445BE3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CDB8

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

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