#36BD9D#36BD9D

#36BD9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BD9D
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -43.46, 5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 43.85, 172.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.1226 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.123 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8016, 39.6108, 38.1776)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BD9D #BD3656

analogous

#36BD5A #36BD9D #3699BD

triadic

#36BD9D #9D36BD #BD9D36

tetradic

#36BD9D #5A36BD #BD3656 #99BD36

square

#36BD9D #5A36BD #BD3656 #99BD36

split-complementary

#36BD9D #BD3699 #BD5A36

monochromatic

#1B5E4E #288D75 #36BD9D #5FD1B6 #8FDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#36BD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BD9D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BD9D	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b9',
    500: '#36bd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bd9d;
$custom-light: #80d2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71888,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BD9D

secondary

#C98595

accent

#496CDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BD9D

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

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