#36AE9C#36AE9C

#36AE9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.108 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AE9C
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 156)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -37.09, -0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 37.09, 180.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.1077 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.108 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6552, 33.4541, 36.7093)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AE9C #AE3648

analogous

#36AE60 #36AE9C #3684AE

triadic

#36AE9C #9C36AE #AE9C36

tetradic

#36AE9C #6036AE #AE3648 #84AE36

square

#36AE9C #6036AE #AE3648 #84AE36

split-complementary

#36AE9C #AE3684 #AE6036

monochromatic

#195148 #287F72 #36AE9C #56CBB9 #85D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#36AE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#36AE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AE9C

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AE9C	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ae9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.108 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b9',
    500: '#36ae9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ae9c;
$custom-light: #7ec7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ae9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68072,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AE9C

secondary

#C37D87

accent

#4C61DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AE9C

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

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