#36C996#36C996

#36C996 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.143 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C996
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 25.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -50.13, 14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 52.23, 163.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.1379 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.143 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9099, 44.7563, 36.0161)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C996 #C93669

analogous

#36C94D #36C996 #36B2C9

triadic

#36C996 #9636C9 #C99636

tetradic

#36C996 #4D36C9 #C93669 #B2C936

square

#36C996 #4D36C9 #C93669 #B2C936

split-complementary

#36C996 #C936B2 #C94D36

monochromatic

#1C694E #299972 #36C996 #66D6AF #96E3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#36C996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#36C996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C996

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C996	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.143 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab5',
    500: '#36c996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c996;
$custom-light: #82dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.184,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74736,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C996

secondary

#CE8CA3

accent

#477CE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C996

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

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