#36B4AB#36B4AB

#36B4AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.108 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4AB
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 171)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 5%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -35.72, -5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 36.11, 188.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.107 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.108 188)
XYZ	xyz(25.1898, 36.3641, 44.2116)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4AB #B4363F

analogous

#36B46C #36B4AB #367EB4

triadic

#36B4AB #AB36B4 #B4AB36

tetradic

#36B4AB #6C36B4 #B4363F #7EB436

square

#36B4AB #6C36B4 #B4363F #7EB436

split-complementary

#36B4AB #B4367E #B46C36

monochromatic

#1A5652 #28857E #36B4AB #5ACDC5 #89DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#36B4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4AB

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4AB	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.108 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbc3',
    500: '#36b4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4ab;
$custom-light: #7fcbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70059,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.36367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4AB

secondary

#C68085

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4AB

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

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