#36AE9E#36AE9E

#36AE9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.107 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AE9E
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 158)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -36.54, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 36.57, 182.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.1068 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.107 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8260, 33.5224, 37.6086)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AE9E #AE3646

analogous

#36AE62 #36AE9E #3682AE

triadic

#36AE9E #9E36AE #AE9E36

tetradic

#36AE9E #6236AE #AE3646 #82AE36

square

#36AE9E #6236AE #AE3646 #82AE36

split-complementary

#36AE9E #AE3682 #AE6236

monochromatic

#195149 #287F74 #36AE9E #56CBBB #85D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#36AE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#36AE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AE9E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AE9E	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95979F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ae9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.107 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7ba',
    500: '#36ae9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ae9e;
$custom-light: #7ec7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ae9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68134,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AE9E

secondary

#C37D86

accent

#4C5FDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AE9E

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

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