#36BE9C#36BE9C

#36BE9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BE9C
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 17.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -44.14, 6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 44.66, 171.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.1241 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.125 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9324, 40.0085, 37.8017)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BE9C #BE3658

analogous

#36BE58 #36BE9C #369CBE

triadic

#36BE9C #9C36BE #BE9C36

tetradic

#36BE9C #5836BE #BE3658 #9CBE36

square

#36BE9C #5836BE #BE3658 #9CBE36

split-complementary

#36BE9C #BE369C #BE5836

monochromatic

#1B5F4E #288E75 #36BE9C #60D2B5 #8FDFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#36BE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BE9C

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BE9C	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36be9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b9',
    500: '#36be9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36be9c;
$custom-light: #80d2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36be9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72113,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BE9C

secondary

#CA8697

accent

#496EDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BE9C

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

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