#36B49D#36B49D

#36B49D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.114 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B49D
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 157)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 12.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -39.52, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 39.56, 177.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.1134 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.114 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9254, 35.8584, 37.5522)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B49D #B4364D

analogous

#36B45E #36B49D #368CB4

triadic

#36B49D #9D36B4 #B49D36

tetradic

#36B49D #5E36B4 #B4364D #8CB436

square

#36B49D #5E36B4 #B4364D #8CB436

split-complementary

#36B49D #B4368C #B45E36

monochromatic

#1A564B #288574 #36B49D #5ACDB8 #89DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36B49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#36B49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B49D

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B49D	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)

#ADA99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.114 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbb9',
    500: '#36b49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b49d;
$custom-light: #7fcbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.048,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69617,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B49D

secondary

#C6808D

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B49D

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

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