#36C9AC#36C9AC

#36C9AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.128 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9AC
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 14.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -44.79, 3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 44.93, 175.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.1276 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.128 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8506, 45.5326, 46.2372)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9AC #C93653

analogous

#36C962 #36C9AC #369DC9

triadic

#36C9AC #AC36C9 #C9AC36

tetradic

#36C9AC #6236C9 #C93653 #9DC936

square

#36C9AC #6236C9 #C93653 #9DC936

split-complementary

#36C9AC #C9369D #C96236

monochromatic

#1C6959 #299983 #36C9AC #66D6C0 #96E3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#36C9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#36C9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9AC

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9AC	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.128 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dac4',
    500: '#36c9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9ac;
$custom-light: #83dac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.163,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75323,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9AC

secondary

#CE8C99

accent

#4765E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9AC

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

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