#36C4A4#36C4A4

#36C4A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.127 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4A4
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 164)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 16.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -44.69, 5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 45.01, 173.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.1264 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.127 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9587, 42.9412, 41.9297)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4A4 #C43656

analogous

#36C45D #36C4A4 #369DC4

triadic

#36C4A4 #A436C4 #C4A436

tetradic

#36C4A4 #5D36C4 #C43656 #9DC436

square

#36C4A4 #5D36C4 #C43656 #9DC436

split-complementary

#36C4A4 #C4369D #C45D36

monochromatic

#1C6454 #29947C #36C4A4 #63D4BB #93E1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#36C4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#36C4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4A4

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4A4	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB7A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.127 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7bf',
    500: '#36c4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4a4;
$custom-light: #81d7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.479,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73845,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4A4

secondary

#CC8999

accent

#486AE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4A4

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

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