#36BC99#36BC99

#36BC99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BC99
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -44.03, 7.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 44.65, 170.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.1235 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.125 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2513, 39.0477, 36.3370)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BC99 #BC3659

analogous

#36BC56 #36BC99 #369CBC

triadic

#36BC99 #9936BC #BC9936

tetradic

#36BC99 #5636BC #BC3659 #9CBC36

square

#36BC99 #5636BC #BC3659 #9CBC36

split-complementary

#36BC99 #BC369C #BC5636

monochromatic

#1B5D4C #288C72 #36BC99 #5ED1B3 #8EDFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#36BC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BC99

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BC99	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b7',
    500: '#36bc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bc99;
$custom-light: #80d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.328,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71524,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BC99

secondary

#C98597

accent

#4970DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BC99

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

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