#36C997#36C997

#36C997 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.142 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C997
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(160, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 24.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -49.90, 14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 51.87, 164.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.1374 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.142 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9908, 44.7886, 36.4420)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C997 #C93668

analogous

#36C94E #36C997 #36B1C9

triadic

#36C997 #9736C9 #C99736

tetradic

#36C997 #4E36C9 #C93668 #B1C936

square

#36C997 #4E36C9 #C93668 #B1C936

split-complementary

#36C997 #C936B1 #C94E36

monochromatic

#1C694F #299973 #36C997 #66D6B0 #96E3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#36C997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#36C997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C997

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C997	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)

#C5BB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.142 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab5',
    500: '#36c997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c997;
$custom-light: #82dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.592,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74761,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C997

secondary

#CE8CA3

accent

#477BE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C997

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

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