#36BFA4#36BFA4

#36BFA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFA4
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 14.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -42.54, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 42.66, 175.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.1213 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.122 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8496, 40.7231, 41.5600)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFA4 #BF3651

analogous

#36BF5F #36BFA4 #3695BF

triadic

#36BFA4 #A436BF #BFA436

tetradic

#36BFA4 #5F36BF #BF3651 #95BF36

square

#36BFA4 #5F36BF #BF3651 #95BF36

split-complementary

#36BFA4 #BF3695 #BF5F36

monochromatic

#1B6052 #298F7B #36BFA4 #60D2BC #90E0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#36BFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFA4

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFA4	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B3A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3be',
    500: '#36bfa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfa4;
$custom-light: #81d3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.175,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFA4

secondary

#CA8794

accent

#4966DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFA4

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

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