#36AC9E#36AC9E

#36AC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.105 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AC9E
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 158)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -35.63, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 35.70, 183.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.1047 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.105 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4425, 32.7554, 37.4808)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AC9E #AC3644

analogous

#36AC63 #36AC9E #367FAC

triadic

#36AC9E #9E36AC #AC9E36

tetradic

#36AC9E #6336AC #AC3644 #7FAC36

square

#36AC9E #6336AC #AC3644 #7FAC36

split-complementary

#36AC9E #AC367F #AC6336

monochromatic

#194F48 #277D73 #36AC9E #55CABC #84D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#36AC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#36AC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AC9E

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AC9E	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93969F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ac9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.105 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5ba',
    500: '#36ac9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ac9e;
$custom-light: #7dc5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ac9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.881,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6763,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AC9E

secondary

#C27C84

accent

#4C5DDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AC9E

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

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