#36B3A4#36B3A4

#36B3A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.109 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3A4
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 164)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 0%, 8.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -37.19, -2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 37.26, 183.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.1091 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.109 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3391, 35.7020, 40.7232)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3A4 #B33645

analogous

#36B365 #36B3A4 #3683B3

triadic

#36B3A4 #A436B3 #B3A436

tetradic

#36B3A4 #6536B3 #B33645 #83B336

square

#36B3A4 #6536B3 #B33645 #83B336

split-complementary

#36B3A4 #B33683 #B36536

monochromatic

#1A554E #288479 #36B3A4 #59CDBF #88DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36B3A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#36B3A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3A4

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3A4	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)

#AAA9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.109 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcabe',
    500: '#36b3a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3a4;
$custom-light: #7fcabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69582,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3A4

secondary

#C58088

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3A4

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

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