#36C49D#36C49D

#36C49D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.132 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C49D
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 19.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -46.43, 8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 47.28, 169.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.1296 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.132 170)
XYZ	xyz(27.3438, 42.6952, 38.6917)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C49D #C4365D

analogous

#36C456 #36C49D #36A4C4

triadic

#36C49D #9D36C4 #C49D36

tetradic

#36C49D #5636C4 #C4365D #A4C436

square

#36C49D #5636C4 #C4365D #A4C436

split-complementary

#36C49D #C436A4 #C45636

monochromatic

#1C6450 #299477 #36C49D #63D4B5 #93E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#36C49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#36C49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C49D

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C49D	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.132 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7ba',
    500: '#36c49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c49d;
$custom-light: #81d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.521,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73653,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.42698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C49D

secondary

#CC899C

accent

#4872E0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C49D

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

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