#36B2AC#36B2AC

#36B2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.106 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2AC
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -34.50, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 35.16, 191.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.1045 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.106 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8847, 35.6007, 44.5819)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2AC #B2363C

analogous

#36B26E #36B2AC #367AB2

triadic

#36B2AC #AC36B2 #B2AC36

tetradic

#36B2AC #6E36B2 #B2363C #7AB236

square

#36B2AC #6E36B2 #B2363C #7AB236

split-complementary

#36B2AC #B2367A #B26E36

monochromatic

#1A5451 #28837F #36B2AC #59CDC7 #88DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36B2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#36B2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2AC

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2AC	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.106 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9c4',
    500: '#36b2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2ac;
$custom-light: #7fc9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.097,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69595,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2AC

secondary

#C57F82

accent

#4B52DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2AC

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

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