#36D9B2#36D9B2

#36D9B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.142 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D9B2
RGB	rgb(54, 217, 178)
HSL	hsl(166, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 0%, 18%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -50.00, 7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 50.56, 171.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.1405 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.142 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3658, 53.6202, 50.6494)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D9B2 #D9365D

analogous

#36D960 #36D9B2 #36AFD9

triadic

#36D9B2 #B236D9 #D9B236

tetradic

#36D9B2 #6036D9 #D9365D #AFD936

square

#36D9B2 #6036D9 #D9365D #AFD936

split-complementary

#36D9B2 #D936AF #D96036

monochromatic

#187D65 #21B08E #36D9B2 #69E3C6 #9DECD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#36D9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#36D9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D9B2

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D9B2	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CBB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 217, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.142 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c9',
    500: '#36d9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d9b2;
$custom-light: #86e6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.644,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79461,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D9B2

secondary

#842F43

accent

#3D66EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D9B2

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

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