#36B2A6#36B2A6

#36B2A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.108 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2A6
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 166)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 6.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -36.19, -3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 36.37, 185.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.1072 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.108 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3214, 35.3754, 41.6153)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2A6 #B23642

analogous

#36B268 #36B2A6 #3680B2

triadic

#36B2A6 #A636B2 #B2A636

tetradic

#36B2A6 #6836B2 #B23642 #80B236

square

#36B2A6 #6836B2 #B23642 #80B236

split-complementary

#36B2A6 #B23680 #B26836

monochromatic

#1A544E #28837A #36B2A6 #59CDC1 #88DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#36B2A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#36B2A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2A6

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2A6	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.108 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9c0',
    500: '#36b2a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2a6;
$custom-light: #7fc9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.194,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69396,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2A6

secondary

#C57F86

accent

#4B59DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2A6

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

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