#36D9B3#36D9B3

#36D9B3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.141 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D9B3
RGB	rgb(54, 217, 179)
HSL	hsl(166, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 0%, 17.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -49.76, 7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 50.25, 171.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.14 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.141 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4666, 53.6605, 51.1801)
Luminance	0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D9B3 #D9365C

analogous

#36D961 #36D9B3 #36AED9

triadic

#36D9B3 #B336D9 #D9B336

tetradic

#36D9B3 #6136D9 #D9365C #AED936

square

#36D9B3 #6136D9 #D9365C #AED936

split-complementary

#36D9B3 #D936AE #D96136

monochromatic

#187D65 #21B08F #36D9B3 #69E3C6 #9DECDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#36D9B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#36D9B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D9B3

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D9B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D9B3	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CBB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d9b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 217, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.141 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e5c9',
    500: '#36d9b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d9b3;
$custom-light: #86e5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d9b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.012,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79488,
    "c": 0.14114,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D9B3

secondary

#842F43

accent

#3D65EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D9B3

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

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