#36BC9E#36BC9E

#36BC9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BC9E
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -42.77, 4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 43.05, 173.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1211 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.122 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6730, 39.2163, 38.5576)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BC9E #BC3654

analogous

#36BC5B #36BC9E #3697BC

triadic

#36BC9E #9E36BC #BC9E36

tetradic

#36BC9E #5B36BC #BC3654 #97BC36

square

#36BC9E #5B36BC #BC3654 #97BC36

split-complementary

#36BC9E #BC3697 #BC5B36

monochromatic

#1B5D4E #288C76 #36BC9E #5ED1B7 #8EDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#36BC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BC9E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BC9E	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#B5B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1ba',
    500: '#36bc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bc9e;
$custom-light: #80d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.567,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71664,
    "c": 0.12174,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BC9E

secondary

#C98594

accent

#496BDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BC9E

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

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