#36B4A9#36B4A9

#36B4A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.109 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4A9
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 169)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 6.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -36.28, -4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 36.53, 186.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.1079 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.109 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0006, 36.2885, 43.2152)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4A9 #B43641

analogous

#36B46A #36B4A9 #3680B4

triadic

#36B4A9 #A936B4 #B4A936

tetradic

#36B4A9 #6A36B4 #B43641 #80B436

square

#36B4A9 #6A36B4 #B43641 #80B436

split-complementary

#36B4A9 #B43680 #B46A36

monochromatic

#1A5651 #28857D #36B4A9 #5ACDC3 #89DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B4A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#36B4A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4A9

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4A9	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.109 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbc2',
    500: '#36b4a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4a9;
$custom-light: #7fcbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.762,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69993,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4A9

secondary

#C68086

accent

#4B57DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4A9

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

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