#36B2B4#36B2B4

#36B2B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.105 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2B4
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 180)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 1.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -32.19, -10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 33.97, 198.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.1009 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.105 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6762, 35.9173, 48.7507)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2B4 #B43836

analogous

#36B477 #36B2B4 #3673B4

triadic

#36B2B4 #B436B2 #B2B436

tetradic

#36B2B4 #7736B4 #B43836 #73B436

square

#36B2B4 #7736B4 #B43836 #73B436

split-complementary

#36B2B4 #B43673 #B47736

monochromatic

#1A5556 #288385 #36B2B4 #5ACCCD #89DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36B2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#36B2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2B4

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2B4	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.105 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9ca',
    500: '#36b2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2b4;
$custom-light: #80c9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69873,
    "c": 0.10531,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2B4

secondary

#C68180

accent

#4D4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2B4

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

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