#36D9BC#36D9BC

#36D9BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.136 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D9BC
RGB	rgb(54, 217, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 0%, 13.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -47.49, 2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 47.56, 176.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.1359 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.136 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4067, 54.0365, 56.1312)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D9BC #D93653

analogous

#36D96A #36D9BC #36A4D9

triadic

#36D9BC #BC36D9 #D9BC36

tetradic

#36D9BC #6A36D9 #D93653 #A4D936

square

#36D9BC #6A36D9 #D93653 #A4D936

split-complementary

#36D9BC #D936A4 #D96A36

monochromatic

#187D6B #21B097 #36D9BC #69E3CD #9DECDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#36D9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#36D9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D9BC

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D9BC	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 217, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.136 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e5d0',
    500: '#36d9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d9bc;
$custom-light: #86e5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.325,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79741,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D9BC

secondary

#842F3E

accent

#3D5CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D9BC

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

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