#36C9B2#36C9B2

#36C9B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9B2
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 178)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 11.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -43.23, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 43.24, 179.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.1248 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.125 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4399, 45.7683, 49.3407)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9B2 #C9364D

analogous

#36C968 #36C9B2 #3697C9

triadic

#36C9B2 #B236C9 #C9B236

tetradic

#36C9B2 #6836C9 #C9364D #97C936

square

#36C9B2 #6836C9 #C9364D #97C936

split-complementary

#36C9B2 #C93697 #C96836

monochromatic

#1C695D #299987 #36C9B2 #66D6C4 #96E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#36C9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#36C9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9B2

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9B2	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dac9',
    500: '#36c9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9b2;
$custom-light: #83dac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.612,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75499,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9B2

secondary

#CE8C97

accent

#475FE1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9B2

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

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