#36B49C#36B49C

#36B49C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.114 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B49C
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 156)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 13.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -39.78, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 39.85, 176.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.1139 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.114 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8404, 35.8243, 37.1044)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B49C #B4364E

analogous

#36B45D #36B49C #368DB4

triadic

#36B49C #9C36B4 #B49C36

tetradic

#36B49C #5D36B4 #B4364E #8DB436

square

#36B49C #5D36B4 #B4364E #8DB436

split-complementary

#36B49C #B4368D #B45D36

monochromatic

#1A564A #288573 #36B49C #5ACDB7 #89DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36B49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#36B49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B49C

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B49C	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.114 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbb9',
    500: '#36b49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b49c;
$custom-light: #7ecbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69587,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B49C

secondary

#C6808D

accent

#4B67DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B49C

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

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