#36B3B2#36B3B2

#36B3B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.106 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3B2
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 178)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -33.25, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 34.55, 195.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.1028 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.106 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6737, 36.2358, 47.7520)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3B2 #B33637

analogous

#36B373 #36B3B2 #3675B3

triadic

#36B3B2 #B236B3 #B3B236

tetradic

#36B3B2 #7336B3 #B33637 #75B336

square

#36B3B2 #7336B3 #B33637 #75B336

split-complementary

#36B3B2 #B33675 #B37336

monochromatic

#1A5554 #288483 #36B3B2 #59CDCC #88DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#36B3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3B2

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3B2	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.106 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cac9',
    500: '#36b3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3b2;
$custom-light: #80cac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.52,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70049,
    "c": 0.10607,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3B2

secondary

#C58080

accent

#4B4CDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3B2

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

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