#36BAA4#36BAA4

#36BAA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.116 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BAA4
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 164)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 11.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -40.34, 0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 40.35, 178.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.1163 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.116 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7778, 38.5794, 41.2028)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BAA4 #BA364C

analogous

#36BA62 #36BAA4 #368EBA

triadic

#36BAA4 #A436BA #BAA436

tetradic

#36BAA4 #6236BA #BA364C #8EBA36

square

#36BAA4 #6236BA #BA364C #8EBA36

split-complementary

#36BAA4 #BA368E #BA6236

monochromatic

#1A5B50 #288B7A #36BAA4 #5DD0BD #8DDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36BAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#36BAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BAA4

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BAA4	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)

#B2AFA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36baa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.116 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfbe',
    500: '#36baa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36baa4;
$custom-light: #80cfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36baa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71338,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BAA4

secondary

#C8848F

accent

#4962DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BAA4

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

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