#36B3AD#36B3AD

#36B3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.107 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3AD
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 0%, 3.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -34.69, -6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 35.35, 191.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.105 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.107 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1808, 36.0387, 45.1561)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3AD #B3363C

analogous

#36B36E #36B3AD #367AB3

triadic

#36B3AD #AD36B3 #B3AD36

tetradic

#36B3AD #6E36B3 #B3363C #7AB336

square

#36B3AD #6E36B3 #B3363C #7AB336

split-complementary

#36B3AD #B3367A #B36E36

monochromatic

#1A5552 #288480 #36B3AD #59CDC7 #88DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#36B3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#36B3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3AD

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3AD	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.107 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cac5',
    500: '#36b3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3ad;
$custom-light: #80cac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.12,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69877,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3AD

secondary

#C58083

accent

#4B52DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3AD

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

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