#36B79D#36B79D

#36B79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B79D
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 157)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 14.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -40.85, 3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 40.97, 175.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.1165 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.117 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5376, 37.0827, 37.7562)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B79D #B73650

analogous

#36B75D #36B79D #3691B7

triadic

#36B79D #9D36B7 #B79D36

tetradic

#36B79D #5D36B7 #B73650 #91B736

square

#36B79D #5D36B7 #B73650 #91B736

split-complementary

#36B79D #B73691 #B75D36

monochromatic

#1A584C #288874 #36B79D #5BCFB8 #8BDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#36B79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#36B79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B79D

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B79D	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdb9',
    500: '#36b79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b79d;
$custom-light: #7fcdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.907,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70374,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B79D

secondary

#C78290

accent

#4A68DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B79D

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

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