#36B7A9#36B7A9

#36B7A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7A9
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 169)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 7.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -37.65, -2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 37.76, 184.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.1109 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.111 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6128, 37.5128, 43.4193)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7A9 #B73644

analogous

#36B769 #36B7A9 #3685B7

triadic

#36B7A9 #A936B7 #B7A936

tetradic

#36B7A9 #6936B7 #B73644 #85B736

square

#36B7A9 #6936B7 #B73644 #85B736

split-complementary

#36B7A9 #B73685 #B76936

monochromatic

#1A5852 #28887D #36B7A9 #5BCFC2 #8BDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B7A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#36B7A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7A9

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7A9	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdc2',
    500: '#36b7a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7a9;
$custom-light: #80cdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.488,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70743,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7A9

secondary

#C78289

accent

#4A5ADE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7A9

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

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