#36B8AC#36B8AC

#36B8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8AC
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -37.28, -4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 37.50, 186.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.1106 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.111 186)
XYZ	xyz(26.1047, 38.0408, 44.9885)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8AC #B83642

analogous

#36B86B #36B8AC #3683B8

triadic

#36B8AC #AC36B8 #B8AC36

tetradic

#36B8AC #6B36B8 #B83642 #83B836

square

#36B8AC #6B36B8 #B83642 #83B836

split-complementary

#36B8AC #B83683 #B86B36

monochromatic

#1A5954 #288980 #36B8AC #5CCFC5 #8BDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#36B8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8AC

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8AC	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec4',
    500: '#36b8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8ac;
$custom-light: #80cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.462,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71088,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.38044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8AC

secondary

#C78289

accent

#4A58DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8AC

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

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