#36B4A6#36B4A6

#36B4A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.110 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4A6
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 166)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 7.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -37.10, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 37.21, 184.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.1092 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.11 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7222, 36.1771, 41.7489)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4A6 #B43644

analogous

#36B467 #36B4A6 #3683B4

triadic

#36B4A6 #A636B4 #B4A636

tetradic

#36B4A6 #6736B4 #B43644 #83B436

square

#36B4A6 #6736B4 #B43644 #83B436

split-complementary

#36B4A6 #B43683 #B46736

monochromatic

#1A564F #28857B #36B4A6 #5ACDC1 #89DCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B4A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#36B4A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4A6

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4A6	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.110 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbc0',
    500: '#36b4a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4a6;
$custom-light: #7fcbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69896,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4A6

secondary

#C68088

accent

#4B5BDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4A6

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

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