#36D9B5#36D9B5

#36D9B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.140 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D9B5
RGB	rgb(54, 217, 181)
HSL	hsl(167, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 0%, 16.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -49.26, 6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 49.63, 173.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.1391 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.14 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6703, 53.7420, 52.2531)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D9B5 #D9365A

analogous

#36D963 #36D9B5 #36ACD9

triadic

#36D9B5 #B536D9 #D9B536

tetradic

#36D9B5 #6336D9 #D9365A #ACD936

square

#36D9B5 #6336D9 #D9365A #ACD936

split-complementary

#36D9B5 #D936AC #D96336

monochromatic

#187D67 #21B091 #36D9B5 #69E3C8 #9DECDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#36D9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#36D9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D9B5

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D9B5	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CBB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 217, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.140 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e5cb',
    500: '#36d9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d9b5;
$custom-light: #86e5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.748,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79543,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D9B5

secondary

#842F42

accent

#3D63EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D9B5

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

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