#36B5A3#36B5A3

#36B5A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.112 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5A3
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 163)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 9.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -38.37, -0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 38.38, 181.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.1116 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.112 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6529, 36.4735, 40.3840)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5A3 #B53648

analogous

#36B563 #36B5A3 #3687B5

triadic

#36B5A3 #A336B5 #B5A336

tetradic

#36B5A3 #6336B5 #B53648 #87B536

square

#36B5A3 #6336B5 #B53648 #87B536

split-complementary

#36B5A3 #B53687 #B56336

monochromatic

#1A574E #288679 #36B5A3 #5ACEBD #89DCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#36B5A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#36B5A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5A3

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5A3	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)

#ADAAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.112 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccbe',
    500: '#36b5a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5a3;
$custom-light: #7fccbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.496,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70052,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5A3

secondary

#C6818B

accent

#4A5FDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5A3

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

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