#36B09C#36B09C

#36B09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.110 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B09C
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 156)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 11.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -37.99, 0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 38.00, 179.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.1098 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.11 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0445, 34.2326, 36.8391)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B09C #B0364A

analogous

#36B05F #36B09C #3687B0

triadic

#36B09C #9C36B0 #B09C36

tetradic

#36B09C #5F36B0 #B0364A #87B036

square

#36B09C #5F36B0 #B0364A #87B036

split-complementary

#36B09C #B03687 #B05F36

monochromatic

#195249 #288172 #36B09C #58CCB9 #86DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#36B09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#36B09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B09C

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B09C	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97999E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.110 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec8b9',
    500: '#36b09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b09c;
$custom-light: #7ec8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.164,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68577,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B09C

secondary

#C47E89

accent

#4B63DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B09C

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

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