#36AE99#36AE99

#36AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.109 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AE99
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -37.89, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 37.91, 178.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.1091 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.109 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4043, 33.3537, 35.3880)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AE99 #AE364B

analogous

#36AE5D #36AE99 #3687AE

triadic

#36AE99 #9936AE #AE9936

tetradic

#36AE99 #5D36AE #AE364B #87AE36

square

#36AE99 #5D36AE #AE364B #87AE36

split-complementary

#36AE99 #AE3687 #AE5D36

monochromatic

#195147 #287F70 #36AE99 #56CBB6 #85D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#36AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#36AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AE99

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AE99	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96979B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.109 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc7b7',
    500: '#36ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ae99;
$custom-light: #7dc7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67979,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AE99

secondary

#C37D89

accent

#4C65DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AE99

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

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