#36C2A8#36C2A8

#36C2A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.123 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C2A8
RGB	rgb(54, 194, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 13.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -42.81, 2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 42.88, 176.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.1225 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.123 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8775, 42.1917, 43.7128)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C2A8 #C23650

analogous

#36C262 #36C2A8 #3696C2

triadic

#36C2A8 #A836C2 #C2A836

tetradic

#36C2A8 #6236C2 #C23650 #96C236

square

#36C2A8 #6236C2 #C23650 #96C236

split-complementary

#36C2A8 #C23696 #C26236

monochromatic

#1B6255 #29927F #36C2A8 #62D3BE #92E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#36C2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#36C2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C2A8

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C2A8	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 194, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.123 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5c1',
    500: '#36c2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c2a8;
$custom-light: #81d5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7346,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C2A8

secondary

#CC8895

accent

#4864E0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C2A8

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

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