#36B4AA#36B4AA

#36B4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.108 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4AA
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -36.00, -4.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 36.32, 187.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.1074 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.108 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0949, 36.3261, 43.7115)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4AA #B43640

analogous

#36B46B #36B4AA #367FB4

triadic

#36B4AA #AA36B4 #B4AA36

tetradic

#36B4AA #6B36B4 #B43640 #7FB436

square

#36B4AA #6B36B4 #B43640 #7FB436

split-complementary

#36B4AA #B4367F #B46B36

monochromatic

#1A5651 #28857E #36B4AA #5ACDC4 #89DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#36B4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4AA

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4AA	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.108 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbc3',
    500: '#36b4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4aa;
$custom-light: #7fcbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.238,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70026,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4AA

secondary

#C68086

accent

#4B56DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4AA

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

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