#36B89E#36B89E

#36B89E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B89E
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -41.03, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 41.15, 175.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.117 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.117 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8303, 37.5310, 38.2767)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B89E #B83650

analogous

#36B85D #36B89E #3691B8

triadic

#36B89E #9E36B8 #B89E36

tetradic

#36B89E #5D36B8 #B83650 #91B836

square

#36B89E #5D36B8 #B83650 #91B836

split-complementary

#36B89E #B83691 #B85D36

monochromatic

#1A594D #288975 #36B89E #5CCFB8 #8BDDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#36B89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B89E

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B89E	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceba',
    500: '#36b89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b89e;
$custom-light: #7fceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70656,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B89E

secondary

#C78290

accent

#4A67DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B89E

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

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