#36B2A4#36B2A4

#36B2A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.108 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2A4
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 164)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -36.74, -2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 36.83, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.1081 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.108 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1394, 35.3026, 40.6566)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2A4 #B23644

analogous

#36B266 #36B2A4 #3682B2

triadic

#36B2A4 #A436B2 #B2A436

tetradic

#36B2A4 #6636B2 #B23644 #82B236

square

#36B2A4 #6636B2 #B23644 #82B236

split-complementary

#36B2A4 #B23682 #B26636

monochromatic

#1A544D #288379 #36B2A4 #59CDBF #88DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#36B2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#36B2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2A4

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2A4	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.108 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9be',
    500: '#36b2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2a4;
$custom-light: #7fc9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.226,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69331,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2A4

secondary

#C57F87

accent

#4B5BDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2A4

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

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