#36B999#36B999

#36B999 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B999
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 17.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -42.74, 6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 43.18, 171.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.1204 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.121 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6171, 37.7793, 36.1256)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B999 #B93656

analogous

#36B958 #36B999 #3697B9

triadic

#36B999 #9936B9 #B99936

tetradic

#36B999 #5836B9 #B93656 #97B936

square

#36B999 #5836B9 #B93656 #97B936

split-complementary

#36B999 #B93697 #B95836

monochromatic

#1A5A4B #288A72 #36B999 #5DD0B4 #8CDDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#36B999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B999

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B999	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfb7',
    500: '#36b999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b999;
$custom-light: #7fcfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.344,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70765,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B999

secondary

#C88394

accent

#4A6EDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B999

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

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