#36B8AA#36B8AA

#36B8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.112 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8AA
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 170)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -37.83, -3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 37.95, 184.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.1115 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.112 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9141, 37.9645, 43.9845)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8AA #B83644

analogous

#36B869 #36B8AA #3685B8

triadic

#36B8AA #AA36B8 #B8AA36

tetradic

#36B8AA #6936B8 #B83644 #85B836

square

#36B8AA #6936B8 #B83644 #85B836

split-complementary

#36B8AA #B83685 #B86936

monochromatic

#1A5953 #28897E #36B8AA #5CCFC3 #8BDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#36B8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8AA

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8AA	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#AFAEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.112 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec3',
    500: '#36b8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8aa;
$custom-light: #80cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.538,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71024,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8AA

secondary

#C7828A

accent

#4A5ADE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8AA

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

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