#36B7A4#36B7A4

#36B7A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.113 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7A4
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 164)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 10.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -39.00, -0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 39.01, 180.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.1132 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.113 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1524, 37.3287, 40.9943)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7A4 #B73649

analogous

#36B764 #36B7A4 #368AB7

triadic

#36B7A4 #A436B7 #B7A436

tetradic

#36B7A4 #6436B7 #B73649 #8AB736

square

#36B7A4 #6436B7 #B73649 #8AB736

split-complementary

#36B7A4 #B7368A #B76436

monochromatic

#1A584F #28887A #36B7A4 #5BCFBE #8BDDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B7A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#36B7A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7A4

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7A4	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)

#AFACA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.113 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdbe',
    500: '#36b7a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7a4;
$custom-light: #7fcdbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.163,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70585,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7A4

secondary

#C7828C

accent

#4A60DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7A4

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

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