#36CDB9#36CDB9

#36CDB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.126 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CDB9
RGB	rgb(54, 205, 185)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 9.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -43.12, -1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 43.14, 181.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.1256 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.126 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1053, 47.9458, 53.4519)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CDB9 #CD364A

analogous

#36CD6D #36CDB9 #3695CD

triadic

#36CDB9 #B936CD #CDB936

tetradic

#36CDB9 #6D36CD #CD364A #95CD36

square

#36CDB9 #6D36CD #CD364A #95CD36

split-complementary

#36CDB9 #CD3695 #CD6D36

monochromatic

#1B6D63 #279E8F #36CDB9 #67D9CA #98E5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#36CDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#36CDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CDB9

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CDB9	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 205, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.126 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddce',
    500: '#36cdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cdb9;
$custom-light: #84ddce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.053,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76699,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CDB9

secondary

#D18E97

accent

#445AE3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CDB9

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

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