#36B3AB#36B3AB

#36B3AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.107 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3AB
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 171)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 0%, 4.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -35.25, -5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 35.73, 189.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.1059 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.107 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9887, 35.9618, 44.1445)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3AB #B3363E

analogous

#36B36C #36B3AB #367CB3

triadic

#36B3AB #AB36B3 #B3AB36

tetradic

#36B3AB #6C36B3 #B3363E #7CB336

square

#36B3AB #6C36B3 #B3363E #7CB336

split-complementary

#36B3AB #B3367C #B36C36

monochromatic

#1A5551 #28847E #36B3AB #59CDC6 #88DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#36B3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#36B3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3AB

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3AB	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.107 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcac3',
    500: '#36b3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3ab;
$custom-light: #7fcac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.16,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6981,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3AB

secondary

#C58084

accent

#4B54DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3AB

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

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