#36BA9E#36BA9E

#36BA9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BA9E
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -41.90, 4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 42.10, 174.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.1191 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.12 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2487, 38.3678, 38.4162)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BA9E #BA3652

analogous

#36BA5C #36BA9E #3694BA

triadic

#36BA9E #9E36BA #BA9E36

tetradic

#36BA9E #5C36BA #BA3652 #94BA36

square

#36BA9E #5C36BA #BA3652 #94BA36

split-complementary

#36BA9E #BA3694 #BA5C36

monochromatic

#1A5B4D #288B76 #36BA9E #5DD0B8 #8DDECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#36BA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#36BA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BA9E

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BA9E	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ba9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfba',
    500: '#36ba9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ba9e;
$custom-light: #80cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ba9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.273,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7116,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BA9E

secondary

#C88492

accent

#4969DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BA9E

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

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