#36BA9C#36BA9C

#36BA9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.121 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BA9C
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 156)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 16.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -42.42, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 42.71, 173.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.12 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.121 174)
XYZ	xyz(25.0779, 38.2995, 37.5169)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BA9C #BA3654

analogous

#36BA5A #36BA9C #3696BA

triadic

#36BA9C #9C36BA #BA9C36

tetradic

#36BA9C #5A36BA #BA3654 #96BA36

square

#36BA9C #5A36BA #BA3654 #96BA36

split-complementary

#36BA9C #BA3696 #BA5A36

monochromatic

#1A5B4C #288B74 #36BA9C #5DD0B6 #8DDECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#36BA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#36BA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BA9C

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BA9C	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ba9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.121 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfb9',
    500: '#36ba9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ba9c;
$custom-light: #7fcfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ba9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71103,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.38302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BA9C

secondary

#C88493

accent

#496BDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BA9C

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

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