#36B4AD#36B4AD

#36B4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.108 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4AD
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -35.15, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 35.73, 190.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.1061 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.108 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3819, 36.4410, 45.2232)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4AD #B4363D

analogous

#36B46E #36B4AD #367CB4

triadic

#36B4AD #AD36B4 #B4AD36

tetradic

#36B4AD #6E36B4 #B4363D #7CB436

square

#36B4AD #6E36B4 #B4363D #7CB436

split-complementary

#36B4AD #B4367C #B46E36

monochromatic

#1A5653 #288580 #36B4AD #5ACDC7 #89DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#36B4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#36B4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4AD

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4AD	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.108 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc5',
    500: '#36b4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4ad;
$custom-light: #80cbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70126,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4AD

secondary

#C68084

accent

#4B53DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4AD

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

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