#36B79C#36B79C

#36B79C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.117 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B79C
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 156)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 14.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -41.11, 3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 41.27, 174.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.117 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.117 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4526, 37.0487, 37.3084)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B79C #B73651

analogous

#36B75C #36B79C #3692B7

triadic

#36B79C #9C36B7 #B79C36

tetradic

#36B79C #5C36B7 #B73651 #92B736

square

#36B79C #5C36B7 #B73651 #92B736

split-complementary

#36B79C #B73692 #B75C36

monochromatic

#1A584B #288874 #36B79C #5BCFB7 #8BDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#36B79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B79C

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B79C	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.117 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdb9',
    500: '#36b79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b79c;
$custom-light: #7fcdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.442,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70345,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B79C

secondary

#C78290

accent

#4A69DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B79C

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

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