#36CD9C#36CD9C

#36CD9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.143 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CD9C
RGB	rgb(54, 205, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 23.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -50.36, 13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 52.10, 165.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.139 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.143 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3501, 46.8437, 38.9409)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CD9C #CD3667

analogous

#36CD50 #36CD9C #36B2CD

triadic

#36CD9C #9C36CD #CD9C36

tetradic

#36CD9C #5036CD #CD3667 #B2CD36

square

#36CD9C #5036CD #CD3667 #B2CD36

split-complementary

#36CD9C #CD36B2 #CD5036

monochromatic

#1B6D53 #279E78 #36CD9C #67D9B4 #98E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#36CD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#36CD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CD9C

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CD9C	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BE99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 205, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.143 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddb9',
    500: '#36cd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cd9c;
$custom-light: #83ddb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.53,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75894,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CD9C

secondary

#D18EA4

accent

#4478E3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CD9C

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

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