#36C9B3#36C9B3

#36C9B3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9B3
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 179)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 10.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -42.97, 0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 42.97, 179.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.1244 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.124 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5406, 45.8086, 49.8714)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9B3 #C9364C

analogous

#36C969 #36C9B3 #3696C9

triadic

#36C9B3 #B336C9 #C9B336

tetradic

#36C9B3 #6936C9 #C9364C #96C936

square

#36C9B3 #6936C9 #C9364C #96C936

split-complementary

#36C9B3 #C93696 #C96936

monochromatic

#1C695D #299988 #36C9B3 #66D6C5 #96E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#36C9B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#36C9B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9B3

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9B3	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dac9',
    500: '#36c9b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9b3;
$custom-light: #83dac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.02,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75529,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9B3

secondary

#CE8C96

accent

#475EE1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9B3

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

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