#36B4B8#36B4B8

#36B4B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.106 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4B8
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -31.98, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 34.14, 200.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.1012 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.107 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4904, 36.8844, 51.0614)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4B8 #B83A36

analogous

#36B87B #36B4B8 #3673B8

triadic

#36B4B8 #B836B4 #B4B836

tetradic

#36B4B8 #7B36B8 #B83A36 #73B836

square

#36B4B8 #7B36B8 #B83A36 #73B836

split-complementary

#36B4B8 #B83673 #B87B36

monochromatic

#1A5759 #288689 #36B4B8 #5CCCCF #8BDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#36B4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4B8

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4B8	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.106 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbcd',
    500: '#36b4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4b8;
$custom-light: #81cbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.846,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70509,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4B8

secondary

#C78582

accent

#4E4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4B8

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

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