#36B1B8#36B1B8

#36B1B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.105 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1B8
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 184)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -30.53, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 33.31, 203.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0982 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.105 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8914, 35.6862, 50.8617)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1B8 #B83D36

analogous

#36B87E #36B1B8 #3670B8

triadic

#36B1B8 #B836B1 #B1B836

tetradic

#36B1B8 #7E36B8 #B83D36 #70B836

square

#36B1B8 #7E36B8 #B83D36 #70B836

split-complementary

#36B1B8 #B83670 #B87E36

monochromatic

#1A5659 #288389 #36B1B8 #5CC9CF #8BD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36B1B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#36B1B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1B8

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1B8	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A9B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.105 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c8cd',
    500: '#36b1b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1b8;
$custom-light: #80c8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.231,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69771,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1B8

secondary

#C78682

accent

#524ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1B8

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

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