#36B9A2#36B9A2

#36B9A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.116 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9A2
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 162)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 12.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -40.43, 1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 40.45, 177.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.1162 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.116 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3887, 38.0879, 40.1891)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9A2 #B9364D

analogous

#36B961 #36B9A2 #368FB9

triadic

#36B9A2 #A236B9 #B9A236

tetradic

#36B9A2 #6136B9 #B9364D #8FB936

square

#36B9A2 #6136B9 #B9364D #8FB936

split-complementary

#36B9A2 #B9368F #B96136

monochromatic

#1A5A4F #288A79 #36B9A2 #5DD0BB #8CDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#36B9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9A2

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9A2	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.116 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfbd',
    500: '#36b9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9a2;
$custom-light: #80cfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.466,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71026,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9A2

secondary

#C8838F

accent

#4A64DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9A2

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

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