#36BD9F#36BD9F

#36BD9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.122 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BD9F
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 159)
HSL	hsl(167, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 15.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -42.95, 4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 43.22, 173.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.1217 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.122 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9738, 39.6796, 39.0842)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BD9F #BD3654

analogous

#36BD5C #36BD9F #3697BD

triadic

#36BD9F #9F36BD #BD9F36

tetradic

#36BD9F #5C36BD #BD3654 #97BD36

square

#36BD9F #5C36BD #BD3654 #97BD36

split-complementary

#36BD9F #BD3697 #BD5C36

monochromatic

#1B5E4F #288D77 #36BD9F #5FD1B8 #8FDFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#36BD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BD9F

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BD9F	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.122 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1bb',
    500: '#36bd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bd9f;
$custom-light: #80d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71945,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BD9F

secondary

#C98594

accent

#496ADF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BD9F

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

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