#36AD9C#36AD9C

#36AD9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.107 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AD9C
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 156)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 9.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -36.63, -0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 36.64, 181.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.1066 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.107 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4628, 33.0692, 36.6452)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AD9C #AD3647

analogous

#36AD61 #36AD9C #3682AD

triadic

#36AD9C #9C36AD #AD9C36

tetradic

#36AD9C #6136AD #AD3647 #82AD36

square

#36AD9C #6136AD #AD3647 #82AD36

split-complementary

#36AD9C #AD3682 #AD6136

monochromatic

#195048 #277E72 #36AD9C #56CABA #85D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#36AD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#36AD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AD9C

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AD9C	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94969E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ad9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.107 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc6b9',
    500: '#36ad9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ad9c;
$custom-light: #7dc6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ad9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67819,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AD9C

secondary

#C27C86

accent

#4C61DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AD9C

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

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