#36B8A2#36B8A2

#36B8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8A2
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -39.98, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 40.00, 178.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.1152 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.115 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1802, 37.6710, 40.1196)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8A2 #B8364C

analogous

#36B861 #36B8A2 #368DB8

triadic

#36B8A2 #A236B8 #B8A236

tetradic

#36B8A2 #6136B8 #B8364C #8DB836

square

#36B8A2 #6136B8 #B8364C #8DB836

split-complementary

#36B8A2 #B8368D #B86136

monochromatic

#1A594F #288978 #36B8A2 #5CCFBC #8BDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#36B8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8A2

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8A2	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)

#B0ADA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcebd',
    500: '#36b8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8a2;
$custom-light: #7fcebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.846,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70775,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8A2

secondary

#C7828E

accent

#4A63DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8A2

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

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