#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
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 165)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 8.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -37.83, -1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 37.88, 182.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.1107 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.111 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8335, 36.5457, 41.3353)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##36B5A5	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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