#36AB9B#36AB9B

#36AB9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.105 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AB9B
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 155)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 9.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -35.98, -1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 36.00, 181.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.105 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.105 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9978, 32.2742, 36.0742)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AB9B #AB3646

analogous

#36AB61 #36AB9B #3681AB

triadic

#36AB9B #9B36AB #AB9B36

tetradic

#36AB9B #6136AB #AB3646 #81AB36

square

#36AB9B #6136AB #AB3646 #81AB36

split-complementary

#36AB9B #AB3681 #AB6136

monochromatic

#194E47 #277C71 #36AB9B #55C9B9 #83D8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#36AB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#36AB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AB9B

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AB9B	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ab9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.105 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4b8',
    500: '#36ab9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ab9b;
$custom-light: #7dc4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ab9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.795,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67282,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AB9B

secondary

#C27B85

accent

#4C60DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AB9B

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

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