#36BE9D#36BE9D

#36BE9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BE9D
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 17.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -43.89, 6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 44.33, 171.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1236 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.125 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0175, 40.0425, 38.2495)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BE9D #BE3657

analogous

#36BE59 #36BE9D #369BBE

triadic

#36BE9D #9D36BE #BE9D36

tetradic

#36BE9D #5936BE #BE3657 #9BBE36

square

#36BE9D #5936BE #BE3657 #9BBE36

split-complementary

#36BE9D #BE369B #BE5936

monochromatic

#1B5F4E #288E76 #36BE9D #60D2B6 #8FDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#36BE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BE9D

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BE9D	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36be9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b9',
    500: '#36be9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36be9d;
$custom-light: #80d2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36be9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.441,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7214,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BE9D

secondary

#CA8696

accent

#496DDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BE9D

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

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