#36AEB5#36AEB5

#36AEB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.103 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEB5
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -29.97, -13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 32.74, 203.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0964 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.103 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9942, 34.3897, 49.0277)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEB5 #B53D36

analogous

#36B57C #36AEB5 #366EB5

triadic

#36AEB5 #B536AE #AEB536

tetradic

#36AEB5 #7C36B5 #B53D36 #6EB536

square

#36AEB5 #7C36B5 #B53D36 #6EB536

split-complementary

#36AEB5 #B5366E #B57C36

monochromatic

#1A5357 #288186 #36AEB5 #5AC8CE #89D7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#36AEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#36AEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEB5

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEB5	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A6B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E99B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.103 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6cb',
    500: '#36aeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aeb5;
$custom-light: #80c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.307,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68922,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEB5

secondary

#C68581

accent

#524ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEB5

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

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