#36C4AD#36C4AD

#36C4AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.122 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4AD
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 173)
HSL	hsl(170, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 11.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -42.37, 0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 42.38, 178.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.1222 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.122 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8004, 43.2778, 46.3626)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4AD #C4364D

analogous

#36C466 #36C4AD #3694C4

triadic

#36C4AD #AD36C4 #C4AD36

tetradic

#36C4AD #6636C4 #C4364D #94C436

square

#36C4AD #6636C4 #C4364D #94C436

split-complementary

#36C4AD #C43694 #C46636

monochromatic

#1C6458 #299483 #36C4AD #63D4C2 #93E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#36C4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#36C4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4AD

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4AD	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.122 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c5',
    500: '#36c4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4ad;
$custom-light: #82d6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.282,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74107,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4AD

secondary

#CC8994

accent

#4860E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4AD

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

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