#36B4AC#36B4AC

#36B4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.108 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4AC
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -35.44, -5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 35.92, 189.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.1065 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.108 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2855, 36.4024, 44.7155)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4AC #B4363E

analogous

#36B46D #36B4AC #367DB4

triadic

#36B4AC #AC36B4 #B4AC36

tetradic

#36B4AC #6D36B4 #B4363E #7DB436

square

#36B4AC #6D36B4 #B4363E #7DB436

split-complementary

#36B4AC #B4367D #B46D36

monochromatic

#1A5652 #28857F #36B4AC #5ACDC6 #89DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#36B4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4AC

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4AC	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.108 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc4',
    500: '#36b4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4ac;
$custom-light: #80cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.19,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4AC

secondary

#C68085

accent

#4B54DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4AC

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

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