#36BB9E#36BB9E

#36BB9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.121 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BB9E
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -42.34, 4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 42.57, 174.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.1201 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.121 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4601, 38.7906, 38.4866)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BB9E #BB3653

analogous

#36BB5B #36BB9E #3696BB

triadic

#36BB9E #9E36BB #BB9E36

tetradic

#36BB9E #5B36BB #BB3653 #96BB36

square

#36BB9E #5B36BB #BB3653 #96BB36

split-complementary

#36BB9E #BB3696 #BB5B36

monochromatic

#1B5C4E #288C76 #36BB9E #5ED0B7 #8DDECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#36BB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#36BB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BB9E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BB9E	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.121 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0ba',
    500: '#36bb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bb9e;
$custom-light: #80d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.917,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71412,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BB9E

secondary

#C98493

accent

#496ADF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BB9E

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

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