#36C5A1#36C5A1

#36C5A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.130 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5A1
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 161)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 0%, 18.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -45.86, 7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 46.45, 170.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.1288 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.13 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9172, 43.2867, 40.5951)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5A1 #C5365A

analogous

#36C55A #36C5A1 #36A2C5

triadic

#36C5A1 #A136C5 #C5A136

tetradic

#36C5A1 #5A36C5 #C5365A #A2C536

square

#36C5A1 #5A36C5 #C5365A #A2C536

split-complementary

#36C5A1 #C536A2 #C55A36

monochromatic

#1C6552 #29957A #36C5A1 #64D4B8 #94E2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#36C5A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#36C5A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5A1

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5A1	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)

#BFB89F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.130 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7bc',
    500: '#36c5a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5a1;
$custom-light: #81d7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.895,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74013,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5A1

secondary

#CD8A9B

accent

#486EE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5A1

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

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