#36CA9F#36CA9F

#36CA9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.137 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CA9F
RGB	rgb(54, 202, 159)
HSL	hsl(163, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 21.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -48.43, 10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 49.57, 167.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.1347 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.137 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8965, 45.5251, 40.0585)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CA9F #CA3661

analogous

#36CA55 #36CA9F #36ABCA

triadic

#36CA9F #9F36CA #CA9F36

tetradic

#36CA9F #5536CA #CA3661 #ABCA36

square

#36CA9F #5536CA #CA3661 #ABCA36

split-complementary

#36CA9F #CA36AB #CA5536

monochromatic

#1C6A53 #299A79 #36CA9F #66D7B6 #97E4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#36CA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#36CA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CA9F

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CA9F	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AEA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ca9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 202, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.137 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dbbb',
    500: '#36ca9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ca9f;
$custom-light: #82dbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ca9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.568,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75216,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CA9F

secondary

#CF8DA0

accent

#4673E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CA9F

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

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