#36B6AE#36B6AE

#36B6AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.109 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6AE
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -35.80, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 36.29, 189.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.1076 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.109 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8857, 37.2931, 45.8702)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6AE #B6363E

analogous

#36B66E #36B6AE #367EB6

triadic

#36B6AE #AE36B6 #B6AE36

tetradic

#36B6AE #6E36B6 #B6363E #7EB636

square

#36B6AE #6E36B6 #B6363E #7EB636

split-complementary

#36B6AE #B6367E #B66E36

monochromatic

#1A5854 #288781 #36B6AE #5BCEC7 #8ADCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#36B6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6AE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6AE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.109 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc6',
    500: '#36b6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6ae;
$custom-light: #80ccc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70657,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6AE

secondary

#C68186

accent

#4A53DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6AE

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

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