#36CAA9#36CAA9

#36CAA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.131 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CAA9
RGB	rgb(54, 202, 169)
HSL	hsl(167, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 16.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -45.98, 5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 46.31, 173.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.13 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.131 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7996, 45.8864, 44.8148)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CAA9 #CA3657

analogous

#36CA5F #36CAA9 #36A1CA

triadic

#36CAA9 #A936CA #CAA936

tetradic

#36CAA9 #5F36CA #CA3657 #A1CA36

square

#36CAA9 #5F36CA #CA3657 #A1CA36

split-complementary

#36CAA9 #CA36A1 #CA5F36

monochromatic

#1C6A58 #299A81 #36CAA9 #66D7BE #97E4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#36CAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#36CAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CAA9

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CAA9	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)

#C3BDA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36caa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 202, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.131 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbc2',
    500: '#36caa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36caa9;
$custom-light: #83dbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36caa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.622,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75486,
    "c": 0.13072,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CAA9

secondary

#CF8D9C

accent

#4669E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CAA9

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

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