#36C4A9#36C4A9

#36C4A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.124 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4A9
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 169)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 13.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -43.41, 2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 43.51, 176.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.124 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.124 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4191, 43.1253, 44.3547)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4A9 #C43651

analogous

#36C462 #36C4A9 #3698C4

triadic

#36C4A9 #A936C4 #C4A936

tetradic

#36C4A9 #6236C4 #C43651 #98C436

square

#36C4A9 #6236C4 #C43651 #98C436

split-complementary

#36C4A9 #C43698 #C46236

monochromatic

#1C6456 #299480 #36C4A9 #63D4BF #93E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#36C4A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#36C4A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4A9

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4A9	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.124 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c2',
    500: '#36c4a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4a9;
$custom-light: #82d6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.592,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73989,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4A9

secondary

#CC8996

accent

#4865E0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4A9

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

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