#36BF9F#36BF9F

#36BF9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BF9F
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -43.81, 5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 44.18, 172.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.1237 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.125 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4069, 40.5460, 39.2286)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BF9F #BF3656

analogous

#36BF5A #36BF9F #369BBF

triadic

#36BF9F #9F36BF #BF9F36

tetradic

#36BF9F #5A36BF #BF3656 #9BBF36

square

#36BF9F #5A36BF #BF3656 #9BBF36

split-complementary

#36BF9F #BF369B #BF5A36

monochromatic

#1B6050 #298F77 #36BF9F #60D2B7 #90E0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#36BF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BF9F

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BF9F	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bf9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d3bb',
    500: '#36bf9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bf9f;
$custom-light: #80d3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bf9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.985,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72448,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BF9F

secondary

#CA8796

accent

#496CDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BF9F

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

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