#36B09D#36B09D

#36B09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.109 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B09D
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 157)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 10.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -37.72, 0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 37.72, 179.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.1093 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.109 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1295, 34.2666, 37.2869)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B09D #B03649

analogous

#36B060 #36B09D #3686B0

triadic

#36B09D #9D36B0 #B09D36

tetradic

#36B09D #6036B0 #B03649 #86B036

square

#36B09D #6036B0 #B03649 #86B036

split-complementary

#36B09D #B03686 #B06036

monochromatic

#195249 #288173 #36B09D #58CCBA #86DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#36B09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#36B09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B09D

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B09D	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#A8A69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97999F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.109 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec8b9',
    500: '#36b09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b09d;
$custom-light: #7ec8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.656,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68608,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B09D

secondary

#C47E89

accent

#4B62DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B09D

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

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