#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
RGBrgb(54, 182, 164)
HSLhsl(172, 54%, 46%)
HSVhsv(172, 70%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(70.3%, 0%, 9.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.22, -38.55, -0.86)
CIE-LCHlch(67.22, 38.56, 181.28°)
OKLaboklab(70.33% -0.1122 -0.0029)
OKLCHoklch(70.33% 0.112 181.5)
XYZxyz(24.9469, 36.9176, 40.9258)
Luminance0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36B6A41.002.508.388.38
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3821.001.001.00
##0000008.3821.001.001.00

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

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#36B6A4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva