#36B4A3#36B4A3

#36B4A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.111 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4A3
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 163)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 9.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -37.92, -1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 37.94, 181.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.1106 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.111 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4503, 36.0683, 40.3165)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4A3 #B43647

analogous

#36B464 #36B4A3 #3686B4

triadic

#36B4A3 #A336B4 #B4A336

tetradic

#36B4A3 #6436B4 #B43647 #86B436

square

#36B4A3 #6436B4 #B43647 #86B436

split-complementary

#36B4A3 #B43686 #B46436

monochromatic

#1A564E #288578 #36B4A3 #5ACDBE #89DCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#36B4A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#36B4A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4A3

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4A3	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)

#ACAAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.111 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbbe',
    500: '#36b4a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4a3;
$custom-light: #7fcbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.905,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69801,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4A3

secondary

#C6808A

accent

#4B5EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4A3

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

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