#36D9B4#36D9B4

#36D9B4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.141 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D9B4
RGB	rgb(54, 217, 180)
HSL	hsl(166, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 0%, 17.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -49.51, 6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 49.94, 172.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.1396 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.141 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5681, 53.7011, 51.7146)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D9B4 #D9365B

analogous

#36D962 #36D9B4 #36ADD9

triadic

#36D9B4 #B436D9 #D9B436

tetradic

#36D9B4 #6236D9 #D9365B #ADD936

square

#36D9B4 #6236D9 #D9365B #ADD936

split-complementary

#36D9B4 #D936AD #D96236

monochromatic

#187D66 #21B090 #36D9B4 #69E3C7 #9DECDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#36D9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#36D9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D9B4

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D9B4	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CBB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 217, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.141 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e5ca',
    500: '#36d9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d9b4;
$custom-light: #86e5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.38,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79516,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D9B4

secondary

#842F42

accent

#3D64EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D9B4

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

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