#36C5A2#36C5A2

#36C5A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.129 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5A2
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 162)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 0%, 17.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -45.62, 6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 46.13, 171.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.1283 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.129 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0058, 43.3221, 41.0614)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5A2 #C53659

analogous

#36C55B #36C5A2 #36A1C5

triadic

#36C5A2 #A236C5 #C5A236

tetradic

#36C5A2 #5B36C5 #C53659 #A1C536

square

#36C5A2 #5B36C5 #C53659 #A1C536

split-complementary

#36C5A2 #C536A1 #C55B36

monochromatic

#1C6553 #29957B #36C5A2 #64D4B9 #94E2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#36C5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#36C5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5A2

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5A2	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)

#BFB8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.129 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7bd',
    500: '#36c5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5a2;
$custom-light: #82d7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.315,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7404,
    "c": 0.12946,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5A2

secondary

#CD8A9A

accent

#486DE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5A2

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

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