#36B9AB#36B9AB

#36B9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.112 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9AB
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -38.01, -3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 38.13, 184.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.112 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.112 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2175, 38.4194, 44.5541)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9AB #B93644

analogous

#36B96A #36B9AB #3686B9

triadic

#36B9AB #AB36B9 #B9AB36

tetradic

#36B9AB #6A36B9 #B93644 #86B936

square

#36B9AB #6A36B9 #B93644 #86B936

split-complementary

#36B9AB #B93686 #B96A36

monochromatic

#1A5A53 #288A7F #36B9AB #5DD0C3 #8CDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#36B9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#36B9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9AB

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9AB	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)

#B0AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.112 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec3',
    500: '#36b9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9ab;
$custom-light: #80cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.588,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71305,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9AB

secondary

#C8838A

accent

#4A5ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9AB

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

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