#36B2AE#36B2AE

#36B2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.106 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2AE
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -33.93, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 34.81, 192.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.1036 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.106 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0782, 35.6781, 45.6011)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2AE #B2363A

analogous

#36B270 #36B2AE #3678B2

triadic

#36B2AE #AE36B2 #B2AE36

tetradic

#36B2AE #7036B2 #B2363A #78B236

square

#36B2AE #7036B2 #B2363A #78B236

split-complementary

#36B2AE #B23678 #B27036

monochromatic

#1A5452 #288380 #36B2AE #59CDC9 #88DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#36B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2AE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2AE	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.106 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9c6',
    500: '#36b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2ae;
$custom-light: #7fc9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.065,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69663,
    "c": 0.10583,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2AE

secondary

#C57F81

accent

#4B50DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2AE

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