#36AC9C#36AC9C

#36AC9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.106 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AC9C
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 156)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 9.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -36.17, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 36.19, 182.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.1056 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.106 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2717, 32.6871, 36.5815)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AC9C #AC3646

analogous

#36AC61 #36AC9C #3681AC

triadic

#36AC9C #9C36AC #AC9C36

tetradic

#36AC9C #6136AC #AC3646 #81AC36

square

#36AC9C #6136AC #AC3646 #81AC36

split-complementary

#36AC9C #AC3681 #AC6136

monochromatic

#194F48 #277D72 #36AC9C #55CABA #84D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#36AC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#36AC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AC9C

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AC9C	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93969D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ac9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.106 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5b9',
    500: '#36ac9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ac9c;
$custom-light: #7dc5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ac9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.864,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67566,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AC9C

secondary

#C27C85

accent

#4C60DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AC9C

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

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