#36B7AD#36B7AD

#36B7AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.110 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7AD
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 173)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -36.54, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 36.88, 187.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.1091 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.11 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9941, 37.6653, 45.4272)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7AD #B73640

analogous

#36B76D #36B7AD #3681B7

triadic

#36B7AD #AD36B7 #B7AD36

tetradic

#36B7AD #6D36B7 #B73640 #81B736

square

#36B7AD #6D36B7 #B73640 #81B736

split-complementary

#36B7AD #B73681 #B76D36

monochromatic

#1A5854 #288880 #36B7AD #5BCFC6 #8BDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B7AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#36B7AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7AD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7AD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.110 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdc5',
    500: '#36b7ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7ad;
$custom-light: #80cdc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.349,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7AD

secondary

#C78287

accent

#4A55DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7AD

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

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