#36AE9F#36AE9F

#36AE9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.106 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AE9F
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 159)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 8.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -36.27, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 36.32, 183.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.1063 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.106 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9124, 33.5570, 38.0638)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AE9F #AE3645

analogous

#36AE63 #36AE9F #3681AE

triadic

#36AE9F #9F36AE #AE9F36

tetradic

#36AE9F #6336AE #AE3645 #81AE36

square

#36AE9F #6336AE #AE3645 #81AE36

split-complementary

#36AE9F #AE3681 #AE6336

monochromatic

#19514A #287F74 #36AE9F #56CBBC #85D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#36AE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#36AE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AE9F

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AE9F	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9597A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ae9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.106 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7bb',
    500: '#36ae9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ae9f;
$custom-light: #7ec7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ae9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68166,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AE9F

secondary

#C37D86

accent

#4C5EDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AE9F

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

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