#36BB9C#36BB9C

#36BB9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.122 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BB9C
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -42.85, 5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 43.20, 172.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.121 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.122 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2893, 38.7223, 37.5874)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BB9C #BB3655

analogous

#36BB59 #36BB9C #3698BB

triadic

#36BB9C #9C36BB #BB9C36

tetradic

#36BB9C #5936BB #BB3655 #98BB36

square

#36BB9C #5936BB #BB3655 #98BB36

split-complementary

#36BB9C #BB3698 #BB5936

monochromatic

#1B5C4D #288C74 #36BB9C #5ED0B6 #8DDECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#36BB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#36BB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BB9C

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BB9C	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.122 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0b9',
    500: '#36bb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bb9c;
$custom-light: #80d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.015,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71355,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BB9C

secondary

#C98494

accent

#496CDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BB9C

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

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