#36B4A5#36B4A5

#36B4A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.110 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4A5
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 165)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 8.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -37.38, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 37.45, 183.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.1097 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.11 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6309, 36.1405, 41.2677)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4A5 #B43645

analogous

#36B466 #36B4A5 #3684B4

triadic

#36B4A5 #A536B4 #B4A536

tetradic

#36B4A5 #6636B4 #B43645 #84B436

square

#36B4A5 #6636B4 #B43645 #84B436

split-complementary

#36B4A5 #B43684 #B46636

monochromatic

#1A564F #28857A #36B4A5 #5ACDC0 #89DCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B4A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#36B4A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4A5

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4A5	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.110 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbbf',
    500: '#36b4a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4a5;
$custom-light: #7fcbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69865,
    "c": 0.10992,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4A5

secondary

#C68088

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4A5

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

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