#36AEB6#36AEB6

#36AEB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.103 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEB6
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 182)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -29.67, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 32.67, 204.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.096 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.103 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0971, 34.4308, 49.5700)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEB6 #B63E36

analogous

#36B67E #36AEB6 #366EB6

triadic

#36AEB6 #B636AE #AEB636

tetradic

#36AEB6 #7E36B6 #B63E36 #6EB636

square

#36AEB6 #7E36B6 #B63E36 #6EB636

split-complementary

#36AEB6 #B6366E #B67E36

monochromatic

#1A5458 #288187 #36AEB6 #5BC7CE #8AD7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#36AEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#36AEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEB6

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEB6	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A6B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E99B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aeb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.103 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6cb',
    500: '#36aeb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aeb6;
$custom-light: #80c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aeb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68959,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEB6

secondary

#C68681

accent

#534ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEB6

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

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