#36B6A5#36B6A5

#36B6A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.112 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6A5
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 165)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 9.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -38.28, -1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 38.31, 182.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.1117 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.112 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0375, 36.9539, 41.4033)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6A5 #B63647

analogous

#36B665 #36B6A5 #3687B6

triadic

#36B6A5 #A536B6 #B6A536

tetradic

#36B6A5 #6536B6 #B63647 #87B636

square

#36B6A5 #6536B6 #B63647 #87B636

split-complementary

#36B6A5 #B63687 #B66536

monochromatic

#1A584F #28877A #36B6A5 #5BCEBF #8ADCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B6A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#36B6A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6A5

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6A5	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEABA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.112 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccbf',
    500: '#36b6a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6a5;
$custom-light: #7fccbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.031,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70366,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6A5

secondary

#C6818B

accent

#4A5EDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6A5

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

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