#36BC9C#36BC9C

#36BC9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.123 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BC9C
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -43.28, 5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 43.68, 172.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1221 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.123 173)
XYZ	xyz(25.5022, 39.1480, 37.6583)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BC9C #BC3656

analogous

#36BC59 #36BC9C #3699BC

triadic

#36BC9C #9C36BC #BC9C36

tetradic

#36BC9C #5936BC #BC3656 #99BC36

square

#36BC9C #5936BC #BC3656 #99BC36

split-complementary

#36BC9C #BC3699 #BC5936

monochromatic

#1B5D4D #288C75 #36BC9C #5ED1B6 #8EDFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#36BC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BC9C

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BC9C	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.123 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b9',
    500: '#36bc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bc9c;
$custom-light: #80d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.672,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71608,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.39151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BC9C

secondary

#C98595

accent

#496DDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BC9C

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

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