#36B5A2#36B5A2

#36B5A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.112 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5A2
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 162)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 10.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -38.64, -0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 38.64, 180.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.1121 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.112 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5636, 36.4378, 39.9140)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5A2 #B53649

analogous

#36B562 #36B5A2 #3688B5

triadic

#36B5A2 #A236B5 #B5A236

tetradic

#36B5A2 #6236B5 #B53649 #88B536

square

#36B5A2 #6236B5 #B53649 #88B536

split-complementary

#36B5A2 #B53688 #B56236

monochromatic

#1A574E #288678 #36B5A2 #5ACEBD #89DCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#36B5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#36B5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5A2

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5A2	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)

#ADAAA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.112 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccbd',
    500: '#36b5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5a2;
$custom-light: #7fccbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.024,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70021,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5A2

secondary

#C6818B

accent

#4A60DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5A2

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

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