#36C9A4#36C9A4

#36C9A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.133 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9A4
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 164)
HSL	hsl(165, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 18.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -46.80, 7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 47.41, 170.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.1313 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.133 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1053, 45.2344, 42.3119)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9A4 #C9365B

analogous

#36C95B #36C9A4 #36A4C9

triadic

#36C9A4 #A436C9 #C9A436

tetradic

#36C9A4 #5B36C9 #C9365B #A4C936

square

#36C9A4 #5B36C9 #C9365B #A4C936

split-complementary

#36C9A4 #C936A4 #C95B36

monochromatic

#1C6955 #29997D #36C9A4 #66D6BA #96E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#36C9A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#36C9A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9A4

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9A4	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dabf',
    500: '#36c9a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9a4;
$custom-light: #82dabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.898,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75098,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9A4

secondary

#CE8C9D

accent

#476EE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9A4

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

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