#36B2A8#36B2A8

#36B2A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.107 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2A8
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 168)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -35.63, -4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 35.94, 187.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.1063 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.107 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5063, 35.4494, 42.5891)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2A8 #B23640

analogous

#36B26A #36B2A8 #367EB2

triadic

#36B2A8 #A836B2 #B2A836

tetradic

#36B2A8 #6A36B2 #B23640 #7EB236

square

#36B2A8 #6A36B2 #B23640 #7EB236

split-complementary

#36B2A8 #B2367E #B26A36

monochromatic

#1A544F #28837C #36B2A8 #59CDC3 #88DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#36B2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#36B2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2A8

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2A8	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.107 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9c1',
    500: '#36b2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2a8;
$custom-light: #7fc9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.161,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69461,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2A8

secondary

#C57F85

accent

#4B57DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2A8

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

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