#36B4B2#36B4B2

#36B4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4B2
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -33.73, -8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 34.88, 194.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.1038 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.107 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8748, 36.6381, 47.8190)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4B2 #B43638

analogous

#36B473 #36B4B2 #3677B4

triadic

#36B4B2 #B236B4 #B4B236

tetradic

#36B4B2 #7336B4 #B43638 #77B436

square

#36B4B2 #7336B4 #B43638 #77B436

split-complementary

#36B4B2 #B43677 #B47336

monochromatic

#1A5655 #288583 #36B4B2 #5ACDCC #89DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#36B4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#36B4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4B2

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4B2	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ABB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc9',
    500: '#36b4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4b2;
$custom-light: #80cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.048,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70297,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4B2

secondary

#C68081

accent

#4B4DDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4B2

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

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