#36C8A6#36C8A6

#36C8A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C8A6
RGB	rgb(54, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -45.89, 6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 46.30, 172.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.1294 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.13 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0550, 44.8426, 43.1932)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C8A6 #C83658

analogous

#36C85D #36C8A6 #36A1C8

triadic

#36C8A6 #A636C8 #C8A636

tetradic

#36C8A6 #5D36C8 #C83658 #A1C836

square

#36C8A6 #5D36C8 #C83658 #A1C836

split-complementary

#36C8A6 #C836A1 #C85D36

monochromatic

#1C6856 #29987E #36C8A6 #66D6BC #96E3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#36C8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#36C8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C8A6

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C8A6	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9c0',
    500: '#36c8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c8a6;
$custom-light: #82d9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.027,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74903,
    "c": 0.13033,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C8A6

secondary

#CE8C9B

accent

#476BE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C8A6

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

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