#36B6A4#36B6A4

#36B6A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.112 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6A4
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 164)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 9.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -38.55, -0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 38.56, 181.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.1122 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.112 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9469, 36.9176, 40.9258)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6A4 #B63648

analogous

#36B664 #36B6A4 #3688B6

triadic

#36B6A4 #A436B6 #B6A436

tetradic

#36B6A4 #6436B6 #B63648 #88B636

square

#36B6A4 #6436B6 #B63648 #88B636

split-complementary

#36B6A4 #B63688 #B66436

monochromatic

#1A584F #288779 #36B6A4 #5BCEBE #8ADCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B6A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#36B6A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6A4

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6A4	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#AEABA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.112 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccbe',
    500: '#36b6a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6a4;
$custom-light: #7fccbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.563,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70334,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6A4

secondary

#C6818B

accent

#4A5FDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6A4

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

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