#36B9AC#36B9AC

#36B9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.112 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9AC
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -37.73, -3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 37.90, 185.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.1116 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.112 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3131, 38.4577, 45.0580)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9AC #B93643

analogous

#36B96B #36B9AC #3685B9

triadic

#36B9AC #AC36B9 #B9AC36

tetradic

#36B9AC #6B36B9 #B93643 #85B936

square

#36B9AC #6B36B9 #B93643 #85B936

split-complementary

#36B9AC #B93685 #B96B36

monochromatic

#1A5A54 #288A80 #36B9AC #5DD0C4 #8CDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#36B9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#36B9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9AC

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9AC	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.112 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec4',
    500: '#36b9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9ac;
$custom-light: #80cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.046,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71338,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9AC

secondary

#C8838A

accent

#4A58DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9AC

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

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