#36DAB9#36DAB9

#36DAB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.139 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36DAB9
RGB	rgb(54, 218, 185)
HSL	hsl(168, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 15.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -48.67, 4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 48.88, 174.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.1382 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.139 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3452, 54.4256, 54.5319)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36DAB9 #DA3657

analogous

#36DA67 #36DAB9 #36A9DA

triadic

#36DAB9 #B936DA #DAB936

tetradic

#36DAB9 #6736DA #DA3657 #A9DA36

square

#36DAB9 #6736DA #DA3657 #A9DA36

split-complementary

#36DAB9 #DA36A9 #DA6736

monochromatic

#177E6A #21B295 #36DAB9 #6AE4CB #9DEDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#36DAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#36DAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36DAB9

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36DAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36DAB9	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CCB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36dab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 218, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.139 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6ce',
    500: '#36dab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36dab9;
$custom-light: #86e6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36dab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.927,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79901,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36DAB9

secondary

#862F40

accent

#3C5FEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #36DAB9

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

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