#36ABAE#36ABAE

#36ABAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.101 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ABAE
RGB	rgb(54, 171, 174)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -30.59, -10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 32.51, 199.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0964 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.101 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7208, 32.9633, 45.1486)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ABAE #AE3936

analogous

#36AE75 #36ABAE #366FAE

triadic

#36ABAE #AE36AB #ABAE36

tetradic

#36ABAE #7536AE #AE3936 #6FAE36

square

#36ABAE #7536AE #AE3936 #6FAE36

split-complementary

#36ABAE #AE366F #AE7536

monochromatic

#194F51 #287D7F #36ABAE #56C8CB #85D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#36ABAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#36ABAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ABAE

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ABAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ABAE	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D96AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36abae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 171, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.101 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4c6',
    500: '#36abae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36abae;
$custom-light: #7fc4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36abae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67925,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ABAE

secondary

#C37F7D

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ABAE

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

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