#36C8A5#36C8A5

#36C8A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.131 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C8A5
RGB	rgb(54, 200, 165)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -46.14, 6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 46.61, 171.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.1299 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.131 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9636, 44.8060, 42.7120)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C8A5 #C83659

analogous

#36C85C #36C8A5 #36A2C8

triadic

#36C8A5 #A536C8 #C8A536

tetradic

#36C8A5 #5C36C8 #C83659 #A2C836

square

#36C8A5 #5C36C8 #C83659 #A2C836

split-complementary

#36C8A5 #C836A2 #C85C36

monochromatic

#1C6855 #29987D #36C8A5 #66D6BB #96E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#36C8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#36C8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C8A5

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C8A5	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 200, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.131 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9bf',
    500: '#36c8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c8a5;
$custom-light: #82d9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.616,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74875,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C8A5

secondary

#CE8C9C

accent

#476CE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C8A5

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

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