#36CDBA#36CDBA

#36CDBA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.125 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CDBA
RGB	rgb(54, 205, 186)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 9.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -42.86, -1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 42.89, 182.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.1251 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.125 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2112, 47.9882, 54.0099)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CDBA #CD3649

analogous

#36CD6E #36CDBA #3695CD

triadic

#36CDBA #BA36CD #CDBA36

tetradic

#36CDBA #6E36CD #CD3649 #95CD36

square

#36CDBA #6E36CD #CD3649 #95CD36

split-complementary

#36CDBA #CD3695 #CD6E36

monochromatic

#1B6D63 #279E8F #36CDBA #67D9CB #98E5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#36CDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#36CDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CDBA

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CDBA	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 205, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.125 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddce',
    500: '#36cdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cdba;
$custom-light: #84ddce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.45,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7673,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CDBA

secondary

#D18E96

accent

#4458E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CDBA

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

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