#36C9B0#36C9B0

#36C9B0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9B0
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 176)
HSL	hsl(170, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 12.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -43.76, 1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 43.79, 178.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.1258 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.126 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2405, 45.6885, 48.2909)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9B0 #C9364F

analogous

#36C967 #36C9B0 #3698C9

triadic

#36C9B0 #B036C9 #C9B036

tetradic

#36C9B0 #6736C9 #C9364F #98C936

square

#36C9B0 #6736C9 #C9364F #98C936

split-complementary

#36C9B0 #C93698 #C96736

monochromatic

#1C695C #299986 #36C9B0 #66D6C3 #96E3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#36C9B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#36C9B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9B0

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9B0	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dac7',
    500: '#36c9b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9b0;
$custom-light: #83dac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.796,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75439,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9B0

secondary

#CE8C98

accent

#4761E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9B0

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

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