#36DAB5#36DAB5

#36DAB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.141 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36DAB5
RGB	rgb(54, 218, 181)
HSL	hsl(166, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 17%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -49.67, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 50.09, 172.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.1401 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.141 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9289, 54.2590, 52.3393)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36DAB5 #DA365B

analogous

#36DA63 #36DAB5 #36ADDA

triadic

#36DAB5 #B536DA #DAB536

tetradic

#36DAB5 #6336DA #DA365B #ADDA36

square

#36DAB5 #6336DA #DA365B #ADDA36

split-complementary

#36DAB5 #DA36AD #DA6336

monochromatic

#177E67 #21B291 #36DAB5 #6AE4C8 #9DEDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#36DAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#36DAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36DAB5

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36DAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36DAB5	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CCB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36dab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 218, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.141 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6cb',
    500: '#36dab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36dab5;
$custom-light: #86e6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36dab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.463,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7979,
    "c": 0.14101,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36DAB5

secondary

#862F42

accent

#3C64EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #36DAB5

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

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