#36B6AF#36B6AF

#36B6AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.109 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6AF
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 175)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -35.52, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 36.10, 190.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.1072 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.109 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9835, 37.3323, 46.3856)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6AF #B6363D

analogous

#36B66F #36B6AF #367DB6

triadic

#36B6AF #AF36B6 #B6AF36

tetradic

#36B6AF #6F36B6 #B6363D #7DB636

square

#36B6AF #6F36B6 #B6363D #7DB636

split-complementary

#36B6AF #B6367D #B66F36

monochromatic

#1A5854 #288782 #36B6AF #5BCEC8 #8ADCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B6AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#36B6AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6AF

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6AF	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.109 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc6',
    500: '#36b6af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6af;
$custom-light: #80ccc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.719,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7069,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6AF

secondary

#C68185

accent

#4A52DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6AF

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

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