#36ADB8#36ADB8

#36ADB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.103 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ADB8
RGB	rgb(54, 173, 184)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -28.58, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 32.35, 207.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0941 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.103 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1128, 34.1292, 50.6022)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ADB8 #B84136

analogous

#36B882 #36ADB8 #366CB8

triadic

#36ADB8 #B836AD #ADB836

tetradic

#36ADB8 #8236B8 #B84136 #6CB836

square

#36ADB8 #8236B8 #B84136 #6CB836

split-complementary

#36ADB8 #B8366C #B88236

monochromatic

#1A5459 #288189 #36ADB8 #5CC5CF #8BD6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#36ADB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#36ADB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ADB8

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ADB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ADB8	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36adb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 173, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.103 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6cd',
    500: '#36adb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36adb8;
$custom-light: #80c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36adb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68789,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ADB8

secondary

#C78882

accent

#564ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ADB8

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

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