#36B5A4#36B5A4

#36B5A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5A4
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 164)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 9.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -38.10, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 38.13, 181.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.1112 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.111 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7428, 36.5095, 40.8578)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5A4 #B53647

analogous

#36B564 #36B5A4 #3686B5

triadic

#36B5A4 #A436B5 #B5A436

tetradic

#36B5A4 #6436B5 #B53647 #86B536

square

#36B5A4 #6436B5 #B53647 #86B536

split-complementary

#36B5A4 #B53686 #B56436

monochromatic

#1A574F #288679 #36B5A4 #5ACEBE #89DCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#36B5A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#36B5A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5A4

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5A4	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)

#ADAAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccbe',
    500: '#36b5a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5a4;
$custom-light: #7fccbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.969,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70084,
    "c": 0.11127,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5A4

secondary

#C6818A

accent

#4A5EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5A4

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

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