#36AD8B#36AD8B

#36AD8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.117 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AD8B
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 139)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 19.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -41.02, 8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 41.80, 168.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.1147 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.117 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1227, 32.5331, 29.5874)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AD8B #AD3658

analogous

#36AD50 #36AD8B #3694AD

triadic

#36AD8B #8B36AD #AD8B36

tetradic

#36AD8B #5036AD #AD3658 #94AD36

square

#36AD8B #5036AD #AD3658 #94AD36

split-complementary

#36AD8B #AD3694 #AD5036

monochromatic

#195040 #277E66 #36AD8B #56CAA9 #85D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#36AD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#36AD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AD8B

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AD8B	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98968D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ad8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.117 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc6ac',
    500: '#36ad8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ad8b;
$custom-light: #7cc6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ad8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67319,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AD8B

secondary

#C27C90

accent

#4C75DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AD8B

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

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