#36C9A7#36C9A7

#36C9A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.131 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9A7
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 167)
HSL	hsl(166, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 16.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -46.06, 6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 46.46, 172.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.1299 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.131 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3794, 45.3441, 43.7556)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9A7 #C93658

analogous

#36C95D #36C9A7 #36A2C9

triadic

#36C9A7 #A736C9 #C9A736

tetradic

#36C9A7 #5D36C9 #C93658 #A2C936

square

#36C9A7 #5D36C9 #C93658 #A2C936

split-complementary

#36C9A7 #C936A2 #C95D36

monochromatic

#1C6957 #29997F #36C9A7 #66D6BC #96E3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#36C9A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#36C9A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9A7

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9A7	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.131 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dac1',
    500: '#36c9a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9a7;
$custom-light: #82dac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.122,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75181,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9A7

secondary

#CE8C9C

accent

#476BE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9A7

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

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