#36C4A8#36C4A8

#36C4A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.125 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4A8
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 14.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -43.67, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 43.80, 175.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.1245 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.125 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3256, 43.0879, 43.8621)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4A8 #C43652

analogous

#36C461 #36C4A8 #3699C4

triadic

#36C4A8 #A836C4 #C4A836

tetradic

#36C4A8 #6136C4 #C43652 #99C436

square

#36C4A8 #6136C4 #C43652 #99C436

split-complementary

#36C4A8 #C43699 #C46136

monochromatic

#1C6456 #29947F #36C4A8 #63D4BE #93E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#36C4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#36C4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4A8

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4A8	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.125 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c1',
    500: '#36c4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4a8;
$custom-light: #82d6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.169,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7396,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4A8

secondary

#CC8997

accent

#4866E0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4A8

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

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