#36BC96#36BC96

#36BC96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BC96
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -44.76, 8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 45.66, 168.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1249 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.127 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0067, 38.9498, 35.0484)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BC96 #BC365C

analogous

#36BC53 #36BC96 #369FBC

triadic

#36BC96 #9636BC #BC9636

tetradic

#36BC96 #5336BC #BC365C #9FBC36

square

#36BC96 #5336BC #BC365C #9FBC36

split-complementary

#36BC96 #BC369F #BC5336

monochromatic

#1B5D4A #288C70 #36BC96 #5ED1B0 #8EDFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#36BC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#36BC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BC96

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BC96	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd1b4',
    500: '#36bc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bc96;
$custom-light: #7fd1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.985,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71443,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BC96

secondary

#C98598

accent

#4974DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BC96

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

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