#36B2B8#36B2B8

#36B2B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.105 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2B8
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 3.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -31.01, -12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 33.58, 202.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0992 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.105 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0896, 36.0827, 50.9278)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2B8 #B83C36

analogous

#36B87D #36B2B8 #3671B8

triadic

#36B2B8 #B836B2 #B2B836

tetradic

#36B2B8 #7D36B8 #B83C36 #71B836

square

#36B2B8 #7D36B8 #B83C36 #71B836

split-complementary

#36B2B8 #B83671 #B87D36

monochromatic

#1A5659 #288489 #36B2B8 #5CCACF #8BD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#36B2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#36B2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2B8

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2B8	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.105 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9cd',
    500: '#36b2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2b8;
$custom-light: #80c9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.769,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70017,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2B8

secondary

#C78682

accent

#514ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2B8

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

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