#36AEB9#36AEB9

#36AEB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.104 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEB9
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -28.77, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 32.53, 207.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0947 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.104 204)
XYZ	xyz(25.4105, 34.5562, 51.2203)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEB9 #B94136

analogous

#36B983 #36AEB9 #366DB9

triadic

#36AEB9 #B936AE #AEB936

tetradic

#36AEB9 #8336B9 #B94136 #6DB936

square

#36AEB9 #8336B9 #B94136 #6DB936

split-complementary

#36AEB9 #B9366D #B98336

monochromatic

#1A555A #28818A #36AEB9 #5DC6D0 #8CD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#36AEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#36AEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEB9

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEB9	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.104 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6ce',
    500: '#36aeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aeb9;
$custom-light: #80c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.038,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69072,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.34559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEB9

secondary

#C88983

accent

#564ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEB9

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

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