#36B4AE#36B4AE

#36B4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.107 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4AE
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -34.87, -6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 35.54, 191.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.1056 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.107 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4790, 36.4798, 45.7347)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4AE #B4363C

analogous

#36B46F #36B4AE #367BB4

triadic

#36B4AE #AE36B4 #B4AE36

tetradic

#36B4AE #6F36B4 #B4363C #7BB436

square

#36B4AE #6F36B4 #B4363C #7BB436

split-complementary

#36B4AE #B4367B #B46F36

monochromatic

#1A5653 #288580 #36B4AE #5ACDC8 #89DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#36B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#36B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4AE

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4AE	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.107 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc6',
    500: '#36b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4ae;
$custom-light: #80cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7016,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4AE

secondary

#C68083

accent

#4B52DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4AE

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

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