#36B2B6#36B2B6

#36B2B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.105 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2B6
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 182)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 2.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -31.61, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 33.76, 200.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.1 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.105 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8814, 35.9994, 49.8314)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2B6 #B63A36

analogous

#36B67A #36B2B6 #3672B6

triadic

#36B2B6 #B636B2 #B2B636

tetradic

#36B2B6 #7A36B6 #B63A36 #72B636

square

#36B2B6 #7A36B6 #B63A36 #72B636

split-complementary

#36B2B6 #B63672 #B67A36

monochromatic

#1A5658 #288487 #36B2B6 #5BCBCE #8ADADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#36B2B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#36B2B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2B6

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2B6	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.105 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9cb',
    500: '#36b2b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2b6;
$custom-light: #80c9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69944,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2B6

secondary

#C68381

accent

#4F4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2B6

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

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