#36B3AE#36B3AE

#36B3AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.107 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3AE
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 174)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -34.40, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 35.17, 192.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.1046 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.107 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2779, 36.0775, 45.6676)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3AE #B3363B

analogous

#36B36F #36B3AE #3679B3

triadic

#36B3AE #AE36B3 #B3AE36

tetradic

#36B3AE #6F36B3 #B3363B #79B336

square

#36B3AE #6F36B3 #B3363B #79B336

split-complementary

#36B3AE #B33679 #B36F36

monochromatic

#1A5553 #288480 #36B3AE #59CDC8 #88DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#36B3AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#36B3AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3AE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3AE	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.107 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cac6',
    500: '#36b3ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3ae;
$custom-light: #80cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69911,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3AE

secondary

#C58082

accent

#4B51DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3AE

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

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