#36AB9D#36AB9D

#36AB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.104 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AB9D
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 157)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 8.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -35.44, -2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 35.51, 183.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.1041 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.104 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1672, 32.3419, 36.9661)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AB9D #AB3644

analogous

#36AB63 #36AB9D #367FAB

triadic

#36AB9D #9D36AB #AB9D36

tetradic

#36AB9D #6336AB #AB3644 #7FAB36

square

#36AB9D #6336AB #AB3644 #7FAB36

split-complementary

#36AB9D #AB367F #AB6336

monochromatic

#194E48 #277C72 #36AB9D #55C9BB #83D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#36AB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#36AB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AB9D

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AB9D	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ab9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.104 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4b9',
    500: '#36ab9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ab9d;
$custom-light: #7dc4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ab9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.821,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67346,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AB9D

secondary

#C27B84

accent

#4C5DDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AB9D

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

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