#36BC9D#36BC9D

#36BC9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.122 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BC9D
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -43.03, 5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 43.37, 172.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.1216 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.122 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5872, 39.1821, 38.1061)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BC9D #BC3655

analogous

#36BC5A #36BC9D #3698BC

triadic

#36BC9D #9D36BC #BC9D36

tetradic

#36BC9D #5A36BC #BC3655 #98BC36

square

#36BC9D #5A36BC #BC3655 #98BC36

split-complementary

#36BC9D #BC3698 #BC5A36

monochromatic

#1B5D4E #288C75 #36BC9D #5ED1B6 #8EDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#36BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BC9D

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BC9D	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.122 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b9',
    500: '#36bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bc9d;
$custom-light: #80d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.119,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71636,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BC9D

secondary

#C98595

accent

#496CDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BC9D

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

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