#36B5AA#36B5AA

#36B5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.109 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5AA
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -36.46, -4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 36.72, 186.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.1084 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.109 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2975, 36.7314, 43.7790)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5AA #B53641

analogous

#36B56A #36B5AA #3680B5

triadic

#36B5AA #AA36B5 #B5AA36

tetradic

#36B5AA #6A36B5 #B53641 #80B536

square

#36B5AA #6A36B5 #B53641 #80B536

split-complementary

#36B5AA #B53680 #B56A36

monochromatic

#1A5751 #28867E #36B5AA #5ACEC4 #89DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#36B5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#36B5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5AA

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5AA	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.109 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc3',
    500: '#36b5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5aa;
$custom-light: #80ccc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.803,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70276,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5AA

secondary

#C68187

accent

#4A57DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5AA

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

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