#36BC9B#36BC9B

#36BC9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.124 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BC9B
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 155)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -43.53, 6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 44.00, 171.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1225 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.124 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4179, 39.1143, 37.2142)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BC9B #BC3657

analogous

#36BC58 #36BC9B #369ABC

triadic

#36BC9B #9B36BC #BC9B36

tetradic

#36BC9B #5836BC #BC3657 #9ABC36

square

#36BC9B #5836BC #BC3657 #9ABC36

split-complementary

#36BC9B #BC369A #BC5836

monochromatic

#1B5D4D #288C74 #36BC9B #5ED1B5 #8EDFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#36BC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BC9B

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BC9B	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)

#B6B099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.124 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b8',
    500: '#36bc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bc9b;
$custom-light: #80d1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.224,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7158,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BC9B

secondary

#C98596

accent

#496EDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BC9B

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

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