#36B2B9#36B2B9

#36B2B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.105 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2B9
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 185)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -30.72, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 33.50, 203.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0987 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.105 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1948, 36.1248, 51.4818)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2B9 #B93D36

analogous

#36B97F #36B2B9 #3671B9

triadic

#36B2B9 #B936B2 #B2B936

tetradic

#36B2B9 #7F36B9 #B93D36 #71B936

square

#36B2B9 #7F36B9 #B93D36 #71B936

split-complementary

#36B2B9 #B93671 #B97F36

monochromatic

#1A575A #28848A #36B2B9 #5DC9D0 #8CD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#36B2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2B9

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2B9	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.105 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9ce',
    500: '#36b2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2b9;
$custom-light: #81c9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.206,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70053,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2B9

secondary

#C88783

accent

#524ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2B9

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

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