#36B9AF#36B9AF

#36B9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9AF
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -36.90, -5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 37.26, 187.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1102 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.111 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6045, 38.5742, 46.5926)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9AF #B93640

analogous

#36B96E #36B9AF #3682B9

triadic

#36B9AF #AF36B9 #B9AF36

tetradic

#36B9AF #6E36B9 #B93640 #82B936

square

#36B9AF #6E36B9 #B93640 #82B936

split-complementary

#36B9AF #B93682 #B96E36

monochromatic

#1A5A55 #288A82 #36B9AF #5DD0C7 #8CDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36B9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#36B9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9AF

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9AF	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec6',
    500: '#36b9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9af;
$custom-light: #81cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.42,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71435,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9AF

secondary

#C88388

accent

#4A55DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9AF

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

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