#36B2A5#36B2A5

#36B2A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.108 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2A5
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 165)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -36.46, -3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 36.60, 184.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.1077 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.108 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2300, 35.3389, 41.1341)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2A5 #B23643

analogous

#36B267 #36B2A5 #3681B2

triadic

#36B2A5 #A536B2 #B2A536

tetradic

#36B2A5 #6736B2 #B23643 #81B236

square

#36B2A5 #6736B2 #B23643 #81B236

split-complementary

#36B2A5 #B23681 #B26736

monochromatic

#1A544E #288379 #36B2A5 #59CDC0 #88DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#36B2A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#36B2A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2A5

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2A5	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.108 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9bf',
    500: '#36b2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2a5;
$custom-light: #7fc9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.71,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69363,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2A5

secondary

#C57F86

accent

#4B5ADD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2A5

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

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