#36B2A9#36B2A9

#36B2A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.107 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2A9
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 169)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 5.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -35.35, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 35.74, 188.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.1058 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.107 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5998, 35.4868, 43.0816)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2A9 #B2363F

analogous

#36B26B #36B2A9 #367DB2

triadic

#36B2A9 #A936B2 #B2A936

tetradic

#36B2A9 #6B36B2 #B2363F #7DB236

square

#36B2A9 #6B36B2 #B2363F #7DB236

split-complementary

#36B2A9 #B2367D #B26B36

monochromatic

#1A5450 #28837C #36B2A9 #59CDC4 #88DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36B2A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#36B2A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2A9

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2A9	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.107 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9c2',
    500: '#36b2a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2a9;
$custom-light: #7fc9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.645,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69494,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2A9

secondary

#C57F84

accent

#4B56DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2A9

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

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