#36C9AD#36C9AD

#36C9AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.127 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9AD
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 173)
HSL	hsl(169, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 13.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -44.54, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 44.64, 176.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.1272 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.127 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9470, 45.5711, 46.7449)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9AD #C93652

analogous

#36C963 #36C9AD #369CC9

triadic

#36C9AD #AD36C9 #C9AD36

tetradic

#36C9AD #6336C9 #C93652 #9CC936

square

#36C9AD #6336C9 #C93652 #9CC936

split-complementary

#36C9AD #C9369C #C96336

monochromatic

#1C695A #299983 #36C9AD #66D6C1 #96E3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#36C9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#36C9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9AD

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9AD	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.127 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dac5',
    500: '#36c9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9ad;
$custom-light: #83dac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75351,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9AD

secondary

#CE8C99

accent

#4764E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9AD

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

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