#36AC97#36AC97

#36AC97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.108 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AC97
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 151)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 12.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -37.51, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 37.54, 177.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.1079 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.108 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8570, 32.5212, 34.3975)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AC97 #AC364B

analogous

#36AC5C #36AC97 #3686AC

triadic

#36AC97 #9736AC #AC9736

tetradic

#36AC97 #5C36AC #AC364B #86AC36

square

#36AC97 #5C36AC #AC364B #86AC36

split-complementary

#36AC97 #AC3686 #AC5C36

monochromatic

#194F45 #277D6E #36AC97 #55CAB5 #84D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#36AC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#36AC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AC97

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AC97	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ac97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.108 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5b5',
    500: '#36ac97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ac97;
$custom-light: #7dc5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ac97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.322,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67411,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AC97

secondary

#C27C88

accent

#4C66DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AC97

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

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