#36BB9D#36BB9D

#36BB9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.121 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BB9D
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -42.59, 4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 42.88, 173.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.1206 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.121 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3744, 38.7563, 38.0352)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BB9D #BB3654

analogous

#36BB5A #36BB9D #3697BB

triadic

#36BB9D #9D36BB #BB9D36

tetradic

#36BB9D #5A36BB #BB3654 #97BB36

square

#36BB9D #5A36BB #BB3654 #97BB36

split-complementary

#36BB9D #BB3697 #BB5A36

monochromatic

#1B5C4D #288C75 #36BB9D #5ED0B7 #8DDECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#36BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#36BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BB9D

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BB9D	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.121 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0b9',
    500: '#36bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bb9d;
$custom-light: #80d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.466,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71384,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BB9D

secondary

#C98494

accent

#496BDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BB9D

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

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