#36BFA5#36BFA5

#36BFA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFA5
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -42.28, 2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 42.36, 176.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.1209 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.121 177)
XYZ	xyz(26.9403, 40.7593, 42.0375)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFA5 #BF3650

analogous

#36BF60 #36BFA5 #3694BF

triadic

#36BFA5 #A536BF #BFA536

tetradic

#36BFA5 #6036BF #BF3650 #94BF36

square

#36BFA5 #6036BF #BF3650 #94BF36

split-complementary

#36BFA5 #BF3694 #BF6036

monochromatic

#1B6053 #298F7C #36BFA5 #60D2BC #90E0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#36BFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFA5

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFA5	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B8B3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3bf',
    500: '#36bfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfa5;
$custom-light: #81d3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.613,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72621,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.40762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFA5

secondary

#CA8793

accent

#4965DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFA5

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

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