#36BD99#36BD99

#36BD99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.126 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BD99
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(164, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -44.45, 7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 45.15, 169.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.1245 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.126 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4657, 39.4764, 36.4084)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BD99 #BD365A

analogous

#36BD55 #36BD99 #369EBD

triadic

#36BD99 #9936BD #BD9936

tetradic

#36BD99 #5536BD #BD365A #9EBD36

square

#36BD99 #5536BD #BD365A #9EBD36

split-complementary

#36BD99 #BD369E #BD5536

monochromatic

#1B5E4C #288D72 #36BD99 #5FD1B3 #8FDFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36BD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#36BD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BD99

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BD99	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.126 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b7',
    500: '#36bd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bd99;
$custom-light: #80d2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71777,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BD99

secondary

#C98598

accent

#4971DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BD99

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

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