#36BC9A#36BC9A

#36BC9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.124 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BC9A
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 154)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 18.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -43.78, 6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 44.33, 170.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.123 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.124 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3343, 39.0809, 36.7738)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BC9A #BC3658

analogous

#36BC57 #36BC9A #369BBC

triadic

#36BC9A #9A36BC #BC9A36

tetradic

#36BC9A #5736BC #BC3658 #9BBC36

square

#36BC9A #5736BC #BC3658 #9BBC36

split-complementary

#36BC9A #BC369B #BC5736

monochromatic

#1B5D4C #288C73 #36BC9A #5ED1B4 #8EDFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#36BC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BC9A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BC9A	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bc9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.124 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b7',
    500: '#36bc9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bc9a;
$custom-light: #80d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bc9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.776,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71552,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BC9A

secondary

#C98596

accent

#496FDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BC9A

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

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