#36AD9E#36AD9E

#36AD9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.106 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AD9E
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 158)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 8.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -36.09, -1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 36.13, 182.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.1057 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.106 183)
XYZ	xyz(22.6335, 33.1374, 37.5444)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AD9E #AD3645

analogous

#36AD63 #36AD9E #3681AD

triadic

#36AD9E #9E36AD #AD9E36

tetradic

#36AD9E #6336AD #AD3645 #81AD36

square

#36AD9E #6336AD #AD3645 #81AD36

split-complementary

#36AD9E #AD3681 #AD6336

monochromatic

#195049 #277E73 #36AD9E #56CABC #85D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36AD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#36AD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AD9E

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AD9E	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94979F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ad9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.106 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec6ba',
    500: '#36ad9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ad9e;
$custom-light: #7ec6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ad9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.437,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67882,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.3314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AD9E

secondary

#C27C85

accent

#4C5EDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AD9E

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

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