#36B6AD#36B6AD

#36B6AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6AD
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 173)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 4.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -36.08, -5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 36.49, 188.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.1081 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.109 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7886, 37.2543, 45.3587)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6AD #B6363F

analogous

#36B66D #36B6AD #367FB6

triadic

#36B6AD #AD36B6 #B6AD36

tetradic

#36B6AD #6D36B6 #B6363F #7FB636

square

#36B6AD #6D36B6 #B6363F #7FB636

split-complementary

#36B6AD #B6367F #B66D36

monochromatic

#1A5853 #288780 #36B6AD #5BCEC6 #8ADCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B6AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#36B6AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6AD

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6AD	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc5',
    500: '#36b6ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6ad;
$custom-light: #80ccc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.781,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70623,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6AD

secondary

#C68186

accent

#4A55DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6AD

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

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