#36B4A8#36B4A8

#36B4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.109 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4A8
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 168)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -36.55, -3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 36.75, 185.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.1083 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.109 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9071, 36.2510, 42.7227)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4A8 #B43642

analogous

#36B469 #36B4A8 #3681B4

triadic

#36B4A8 #A836B4 #B4A836

tetradic

#36B4A8 #6936B4 #B43642 #81B436

square

#36B4A8 #6936B4 #B43642 #81B436

split-complementary

#36B4A8 #B43681 #B46936

monochromatic

#1A5650 #28857C #36B4A8 #5ACDC2 #89DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#36B4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4A8

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4A8	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)

#ABAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.109 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbc1',
    500: '#36b4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4a8;
$custom-light: #7fcbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69961,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4A8

secondary

#C68087

accent

#4B59DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4A8

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

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