#36B5AE#36B5AE

#36B5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.108 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5AE
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -35.34, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 35.91, 190.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.1066 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.108 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6816, 36.8850, 45.8022)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5AE #B5363D

analogous

#36B56E #36B5AE #367CB5

triadic

#36B5AE #AE36B5 #B5AE36

tetradic

#36B5AE #6E36B5 #B5363D #7CB536

square

#36B5AE #6E36B5 #B5363D #7CB536

split-complementary

#36B5AE #B5367C #B56E36

monochromatic

#1A5753 #288681 #36B5AE #5ACEC8 #89DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#36B5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5AE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5AE	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.108 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc6',
    500: '#36b5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5ae;
$custom-light: #80ccc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.693,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70408,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5AE

secondary

#C68185

accent

#4A52DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5AE

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

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