#36B7A6#36B7A6

#36B7A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7A6
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 166)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 9.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -38.47, -1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 38.49, 182.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.1123 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.112 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3344, 37.4015, 41.9530)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7A6 #B73647

analogous

#36B766 #36B7A6 #3688B7

triadic

#36B7A6 #A636B7 #B7A636

tetradic

#36B7A6 #6636B7 #B73647 #88B736

square

#36B7A6 #6636B7 #B73647 #88B736

split-complementary

#36B7A6 #B73688 #B76636

monochromatic

#1A5850 #28887B #36B7A6 #5BCFC0 #8BDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B7A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#36B7A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7A6

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7A6	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdc0',
    500: '#36b7a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7a6;
$custom-light: #80cdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.093,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70648,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7A6

secondary

#C7828B

accent

#4A5DDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7A6

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

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