#36B2AB#36B2AB

#36B2AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.106 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2AB
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 171)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -34.79, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 35.34, 190.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.1049 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.106 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7890, 35.5625, 44.0780)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2AB #B2363D

analogous

#36B26D #36B2AB #367BB2

triadic

#36B2AB #AB36B2 #B2AB36

tetradic

#36B2AB #6D36B2 #B2363D #7BB236

square

#36B2AB #6D36B2 #B2363D #7BB236

split-complementary

#36B2AB #B2367B #B26D36

monochromatic

#1A5451 #28837E #36B2AB #59CDC6 #88DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36B2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#36B2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2AB

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2AB	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)

#A8A9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.106 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9c3',
    500: '#36b2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2ab;
$custom-light: #7fc9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.613,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69561,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2AB

secondary

#C57F83

accent

#4B53DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2AB

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

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