#36C8A9#36C8A9

#36C8A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C8A9
RGB	rgb(54, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(167, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -45.13, 4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 45.37, 174.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.128 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.129 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3334, 44.9539, 44.6594)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C8A9 #C83655

analogous

#36C860 #36C8A9 #369EC8

triadic

#36C8A9 #A936C8 #C8A936

tetradic

#36C8A9 #6036C8 #C83655 #9EC836

square

#36C8A9 #6036C8 #C83655 #9EC836

split-complementary

#36C8A9 #C8369E #C86036

monochromatic

#1C6858 #299880 #36C8A9 #66D6BE #96E3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#36C8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#36C8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C8A9

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C8A9	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9c2',
    500: '#36c8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c8a9;
$custom-light: #82d9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.26,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74987,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C8A9

secondary

#CE8C9A

accent

#4768E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C8A9

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

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