#36BFA6#36BFA6

#36BFA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.121 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFA6
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 166)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -42.02, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 42.07, 177.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.1204 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.121 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0316, 40.7959, 42.5187)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFA6 #BF364F

analogous

#36BF61 #36BFA6 #3693BF

triadic

#36BFA6 #A636BF #BFA636

tetradic

#36BFA6 #6136BF #BF364F #93BF36

square

#36BFA6 #6136BF #BF364F #93BF36

split-complementary

#36BFA6 #BF3693 #BF6136

monochromatic

#1B6053 #298F7D #36BFA6 #60D2BD #90E0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#36BFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFA6

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFA6	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.121 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3c0',
    500: '#36bfa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfa6;
$custom-light: #81d3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.051,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72651,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFA6

secondary

#CA8793

accent

#4964DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFA6

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

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