#36BC9F#36BC9F

#36BC9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BC9F
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -42.52, 4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 42.74, 174.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1206 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.121 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7594, 39.2509, 39.0128)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BC9F #BC3653

analogous

#36BC5C #36BC9F #3696BC

triadic

#36BC9F #9F36BC #BC9F36

tetradic

#36BC9F #5C36BC #BC3653 #96BC36

square

#36BC9F #5C36BC #BC3653 #96BC36

split-complementary

#36BC9F #BC3696 #BC5C36

monochromatic

#1B5D4F #288C77 #36BC9F #5ED1B8 #8EDFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36BC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#36BC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BC9F

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BC9F	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1bb',
    500: '#36bc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bc9f;
$custom-light: #80d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.015,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71693,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BC9F

secondary

#C98594

accent

#4969DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BC9F

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

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