#36B4B6#36B4B6

#36B4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4B6
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 182)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -32.56, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 34.35, 198.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.1021 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.107 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2823, 36.8011, 49.9651)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4B6 #B63836

analogous

#36B678 #36B4B6 #3674B6

triadic

#36B4B6 #B636B4 #B4B636

tetradic

#36B4B6 #7836B6 #B63836 #74B636

square

#36B4B6 #7836B6 #B63836 #74B636

split-complementary

#36B4B6 #B63674 #B67836

monochromatic

#1A5758 #288587 #36B4B6 #5BCDCE #8ADBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#36B4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4B6

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4B6	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbcb',
    500: '#36b4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4b6;
$custom-light: #80cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.938,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70437,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4B6

secondary

#C68281

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4B6

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

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