#36BD9E#36BD9E

#36BD9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BD9E
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 16.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -43.21, 5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 43.53, 172.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.1221 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.123 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8873, 39.6451, 38.6290)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BD9E #BD3655

analogous

#36BD5A #36BD9E #3699BD

triadic

#36BD9E #9E36BD #BD9E36

tetradic

#36BD9E #5A36BD #BD3655 #99BD36

square

#36BD9E #5A36BD #BD3655 #99BD36

split-complementary

#36BD9E #BD3699 #BD5A36

monochromatic

#1B5E4E #288D76 #36BD9E #5FD1B7 #8FDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#36BD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BD9E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BD9E	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1ba',
    500: '#36bd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bd9e;
$custom-light: #80d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71916,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BD9E

secondary

#C98595

accent

#496BDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BD9E

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

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