#36BFA9#36BFA9

#36BFA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.119 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFA9
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -41.23, 0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 41.24, 179.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.119 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.119 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3100, 40.9072, 43.9850)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFA9 #BF364C

analogous

#36BF64 #36BFA9 #3690BF

triadic

#36BFA9 #A936BF #BFA936

tetradic

#36BFA9 #6436BF #BF364C #90BF36

square

#36BFA9 #6436BF #BF364C #90BF36

split-complementary

#36BFA9 #BF3690 #BF6436

monochromatic

#1B6055 #298F7F #36BFA9 #60D2C0 #90E0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#36BFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFA9

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFA9	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.119 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3c2',
    500: '#36bfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfa9;
$custom-light: #81d3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.365,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7274,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFA9

secondary

#CA8791

accent

#4961DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFA9

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

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