#36B4B5#36B4B5

#36B4B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.107 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4B5
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 181)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -32.86, -10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 34.47, 197.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.1025 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.107 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1793, 36.7599, 49.4227)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4B5 #B53736

analogous

#36B576 #36B4B5 #3674B5

triadic

#36B4B5 #B536B4 #B4B536

tetradic

#36B4B5 #7636B5 #B53736 #74B536

square

#36B4B5 #7636B5 #B53736 #74B536

split-complementary

#36B4B5 #B53674 #B57636

monochromatic

#1A5657 #288586 #36B4B5 #5ACDCE #89DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#36B4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4B5

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4B5	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.107 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbcb',
    500: '#36b4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4b5;
$custom-light: #80cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.472,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70402,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4B5

secondary

#C68181

accent

#4C4ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4B5

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

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