#36AEA6#36AEA6

#36AEA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.104 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEA6
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 166)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -34.33, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 34.77, 189.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.1031 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.104 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5371, 33.8068, 41.3539)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEA6 #AE363E

analogous

#36AE6A #36AEA6 #367AAE

triadic

#36AEA6 #A636AE #AEA636

tetradic

#36AEA6 #6A36AE #AE363E #7AAE36

square

#36AEA6 #6A36AE #AE363E #7AAE36

split-complementary

#36AEA6 #AE367A #AE6A36

monochromatic

#19514D #287F79 #36AEA6 #56CBC3 #85D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#36AEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#36AEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEA6

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEA6	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.104 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec6c0',
    500: '#36aea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aea6;
$custom-light: #7ec6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68395,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEA6

secondary

#C37D82

accent

#4C55DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEA6

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

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