#36AB9E#36AB9E

#36AB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.104 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AB9E
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 158)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 7.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -35.16, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 35.27, 184.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.1036 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.104 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2529, 32.3762, 37.4176)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AB9E #AB3643

analogous

#36AB64 #36AB9E #367EAB

triadic

#36AB9E #9E36AB #AB9E36

tetradic

#36AB9E #6436AB #AB3643 #7EAB36

square

#36AB9E #6436AB #AB3643 #7EAB36

split-complementary

#36AB9E #AB367E #AB6436

monochromatic

#194E48 #277C73 #36AB9E #55C9BC #83D8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#36AB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#36AB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AB9E

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AB9E	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ab9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.104 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4ba',
    500: '#36ab9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ab9e;
$custom-light: #7dc4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ab9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67378,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AB9E

secondary

#C27B83

accent

#4C5CDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AB9E

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

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