#36BFA0#36BFA0

#36BFA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.124 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFA0
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 160)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 16.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -43.56, 5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 43.87, 173.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.1232 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.124 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4941, 40.5808, 39.6875)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFA0 #BF3655

analogous

#36BF5B #36BFA0 #3699BF

triadic

#36BFA0 #A036BF #BFA036

tetradic

#36BFA0 #5B36BF #BF3655 #99BF36

square

#36BFA0 #5B36BF #BF3655 #99BF36

split-complementary

#36BFA0 #BF3699 #BF5B36

monochromatic

#1B6050 #298F78 #36BFA0 #60D2B8 #90E0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#36BFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFA0

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFA0	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.124 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d3bc',
    500: '#36bfa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfa0;
$custom-light: #80d3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.423,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72477,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFA0

secondary

#CA8796

accent

#496BDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFA0

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

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