#36B8A9#36B8A9

#36B8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.112 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8A9
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -38.10, -2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 38.18, 183.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.1119 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.112 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8198, 37.9268, 43.4882)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8A9 #B83645

analogous

#36B868 #36B8A9 #3686B8

triadic

#36B8A9 #A936B8 #B8A936

tetradic

#36B8A9 #6836B8 #B83645 #86B836

square

#36B8A9 #6836B8 #B83645 #86B836

split-complementary

#36B8A9 #B83686 #B86836

monochromatic

#1A5952 #28897E #36B8A9 #5CCFC2 #8BDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#36B8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8A9

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8A9	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.112 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec2',
    500: '#36b8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8a9;
$custom-light: #80cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70992,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8A9

secondary

#C7828A

accent

#4A5BDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8A9

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

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