#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
RGBrgb(54, 201, 178)
HSLhsl(171, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(171, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(73.1%, 0%, 11.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.39, -43.23, 0.51)
CIE-LCHlch(73.39, 43.24, 179.32°)
OKLaboklab(75.5% -0.1248 0.0007)
OKLCHoklch(75.5% 0.125 179.7)
XYZxyz(30.4399, 45.7683, 49.3407)
Luminance0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36C9B21.002.0710.1510.15
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1521.001.001.00
##00000010.1521.001.001.00

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

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#36C9B2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva