#36BE9E#36BE9E

#36BE9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.124 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BE9E
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -43.63, 5.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 44.02, 172.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.1231 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.124 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1032, 40.0768, 38.7010)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BE9E #BE3656

analogous

#36BE5A #36BE9E #369ABE

triadic

#36BE9E #9E36BE #BE9E36

tetradic

#36BE9E #5A36BE #BE3656 #9ABE36

square

#36BE9E #5A36BE #BE3656 #9ABE36

split-complementary

#36BE9E #BE369A #BE5A36

monochromatic

#1B5F4F #288E76 #36BE9E #60D2B7 #8FDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#36BE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BE9E

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BE9E	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36be9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.124 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2ba',
    500: '#36be9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36be9e;
$custom-light: #80d2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36be9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72168,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BE9E

secondary

#CA8696

accent

#496CDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BE9E

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

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