#36AE96#36AE96

#36AE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.111 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AE96
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -38.68, 2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 38.77, 175.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.1105 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.111 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1597, 33.2559, 34.0994)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AE96 #AE364E

analogous

#36AE5A #36AE96 #368AAE

triadic

#36AE96 #9636AE #AE9636

tetradic

#36AE96 #5A36AE #AE364E #8AAE36

square

#36AE96 #5A36AE #AE364E #8AAE36

split-complementary

#36AE96 #AE368A #AE5A36

monochromatic

#195145 #287F6E #36AE96 #56CBB3 #85D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#36AE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#36AE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AE96

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AE96	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.111 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc7b4',
    500: '#36ae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ae96;
$custom-light: #7dc7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67889,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AE96

secondary

#C37D8B

accent

#4C69DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AE96

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

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