#36C9B5#36C9B5

#36C9B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9B5
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 181)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 10%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -42.44, -1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 42.45, 181.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.1235 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.124 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7444, 45.8901, 50.9444)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9B5 #C9364A

analogous

#36C96C #36C9B5 #3693C9

triadic

#36C9B5 #B536C9 #C9B536

tetradic

#36C9B5 #6C36C9 #C9364A #93C936

square

#36C9B5 #6C36C9 #C9364A #93C936

split-complementary

#36C9B5 #C93693 #C96C36

monochromatic

#1C695E #29998A #36C9B5 #66D6C7 #96E3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#36C9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#36C9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9B5

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9B5	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dacb',
    500: '#36c9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9b5;
$custom-light: #83dacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.837,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7559,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9B5

secondary

#CE8C95

accent

#475CE1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9B5

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

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