#36B9AE#36B9AE

#36B9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9AE
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -37.18, -4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 37.47, 187.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.1107 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.111 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5067, 38.5351, 46.0772)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9AE #B93641

analogous

#36B96D #36B9AE #3683B9

triadic

#36B9AE #AE36B9 #B9AE36

tetradic

#36B9AE #6D36B9 #B93641 #83B936

square

#36B9AE #6D36B9 #B93641 #83B936

split-complementary

#36B9AE #B93683 #B96D36

monochromatic

#1A5A55 #288A81 #36B9AE #5DD0C6 #8CDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36B9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#36B9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9AE

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9AE	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec6',
    500: '#36b9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9ae;
$custom-light: #80cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.962,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71402,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9AE

secondary

#C88389

accent

#4A56DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9AE

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

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