#36B9AA#36B9AA

#36B9AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9AA
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -38.28, -2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 38.37, 183.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.1125 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.113 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1225, 38.3814, 44.0540)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9AA #B93645

analogous

#36B969 #36B9AA #3687B9

triadic

#36B9AA #AA36B9 #B9AA36

tetradic

#36B9AA #6936B9 #B93645 #87B936

square

#36B9AA #6936B9 #B93645 #87B936

split-complementary

#36B9AA #B93687 #B96936

monochromatic

#1A5A53 #288A7E #36B9AA #5DD0C2 #8CDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#36B9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#36B9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9AA

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9AA	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec3',
    500: '#36b9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9aa;
$custom-light: #80cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.13,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71274,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9AA

secondary

#C8838B

accent

#4A5BDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9AA

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

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