#36B5AC#36B5AC

#36B5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.109 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5AC
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -35.90, -5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 36.30, 188.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.1075 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.109 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4881, 36.8076, 44.7830)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5AC #B5363F

analogous

#36B56C #36B5AC #367EB5

triadic

#36B5AC #AC36B5 #B5AC36

tetradic

#36B5AC #6C36B5 #B5363F #7EB536

square

#36B5AC #6C36B5 #B5363F #7EB536

split-complementary

#36B5AC #B5367E #B56C36

monochromatic

#1A5752 #28867F #36B5AC #5ACEC6 #89DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#36B5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5AC

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5AC	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.109 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc4',
    500: '#36b5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5ac;
$custom-light: #80ccc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.748,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70341,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5AC

secondary

#C68186

accent

#4A55DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5AC

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

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