#36B6AC#36B6AC

#36B6AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6AC
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 5.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -36.36, -4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 36.70, 187.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.1085 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.109 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6922, 37.2157, 44.8510)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6AC #B63640

analogous

#36B66C #36B6AC #3680B6

triadic

#36B6AC #AC36B6 #B6AC36

tetradic

#36B6AC #6C36B6 #B63640 #80B636

square

#36B6AC #6C36B6 #B63640 #80B636

split-complementary

#36B6AC #B63680 #B66C36

monochromatic

#1A5853 #28877F #36B6AC #5BCEC5 #8ADCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#36B6AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#36B6AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6AC

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6AC	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc4',
    500: '#36b6ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6ac;
$custom-light: #80ccc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.313,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7059,
    "c": 0.10945,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6AC

secondary

#C68187

accent

#4A56DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6AC

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

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