#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
RGBrgb(54, 180, 184)
HSLhsl(182, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(182, 71%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.19, -31.98, -11.95)
CIE-LCHlch(67.19, 34.14, 200.50°)
OKLaboklab(70.51% -0.1012 -0.0332)
OKLCHoklch(70.51% 0.107 198.2)
XYZxyz(26.4904, 36.8844, 51.0614)
Luminance0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36B4B81.002.518.388.38
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3821.001.001.00
##0000008.3821.001.001.00

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

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#36B4B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva