#36B2AD#36B2AD

#36B2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.106 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2AD
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 173)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -34.22, -7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 34.98, 192.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.104 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.106 191)
XYZ	xyz(24.9811, 35.6393, 45.0896)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2AD #B2363B

analogous

#36B26F #36B2AD #3679B2

triadic

#36B2AD #AD36B2 #B2AD36

tetradic

#36B2AD #6F36B2 #B2363B #79B236

square

#36B2AD #6F36B2 #B2363B #79B236

split-complementary

#36B2AD #B23679 #B26F36

monochromatic

#1A5452 #28837F #36B2AD #59CDC8 #88DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36B2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#36B2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2AD

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2AD	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.106 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9c5',
    500: '#36b2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2ad;
$custom-light: #7fc9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.581,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69629,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.35642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2AD

secondary

#C57F82

accent

#4B51DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2AD

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

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