#36B5A5#36B5A5

#36B5A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B5A5
RGBrgb(54, 181, 165)
HSLhsl(172, 54%, 46%)
HSVhsv(172, 70%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(70.2%, 0%, 8.8%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(66.93, -37.83, -1.83)
CIE-LCHlch(66.93, 37.88, 182.76°)
OKLaboklab(70.12% -0.1107 -0.0055)
OKLCHoklch(70.12% 0.111 182.9)
XYZxyz(24.8335, 36.5457, 41.3353)
Luminance0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B5A5 #B53646
analogous
#36B565 #36B5A5 #3685B5
triadic
#36B5A5 #A536B5 #B5A536
tetradic
#36B5A5 #6536B5 #B53646 #85B536
square
#36B5A5 #6536B5 #B53646 #85B536
split-complementary
#36B5A5 #B53685 #B56536
monochromatic
#1A574F #28867A #36B5A5 #5ACEBF #89DCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#36B5A5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31
#36B5A5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5A5
8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B5A5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B5A51.002.538.318.31
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3121.001.001.00
##0000008.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACABA4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9B9DA7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 182.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccbf',
    500: '#36b5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b5a5;
$custom-light: #7fccbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.441,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70115,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B5A5
secondary
#C68189
accent
#4A5DDD
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F7
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0B1312
muted
#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5A5

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

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#36B5A5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva