#36B2AA#36B2AA

#36B2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.107 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2AA
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 170)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -35.07, -5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 35.54, 189.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.1054 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.107 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6940, 35.5245, 43.5779)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2AA #B2363E

analogous

#36B26C #36B2AA #367CB2

triadic

#36B2AA #AA36B2 #B2AA36

tetradic

#36B2AA #6C36B2 #B2363E #7CB236

square

#36B2AA #6C36B2 #B2363E #7CB236

split-complementary

#36B2AA #B2367C #B26C36

monochromatic

#1A5450 #28837D #36B2AA #59CDC5 #88DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36B2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#36B2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2AA

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2AA	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.107 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9c3',
    500: '#36b2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2aa;
$custom-light: #7fc9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.129,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69528,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2AA

secondary

#C57F84

accent

#4B54DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2AA

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

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