#36B4A4#36B4A4

#36B4A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.110 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4A4
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 164)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 8.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -37.65, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 37.69, 182.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.1102 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.11 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5402, 36.1043, 40.7902)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4A4 #B43646

analogous

#36B465 #36B4A4 #3685B4

triadic

#36B4A4 #A436B4 #B4A436

tetradic

#36B4A4 #6536B4 #B43646 #85B436

square

#36B4A4 #6536B4 #B43646 #85B436

split-complementary

#36B4A4 #B43685 #B46536

monochromatic

#1A564E #288579 #36B4A4 #5ACDBF #89DCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#36B4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4A4

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4A4	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#ACAAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.110 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbbe',
    500: '#36b4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4a4;
$custom-light: #7fcbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.381,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69833,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4A4

secondary

#C68089

accent

#4B5DDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4A4

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

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