#36B4B9#36B4B9

#36B4B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4B9
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 185)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -31.68, -12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 34.04, 201.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.1008 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.107 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5956, 36.9264, 51.6154)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4B9 #B93B36

analogous

#36B97D #36B4B9 #3673B9

triadic

#36B4B9 #B936B4 #B4B936

tetradic

#36B4B9 #7D36B9 #B93B36 #73B936

square

#36B4B9 #7D36B9 #B93B36 #73B936

split-complementary

#36B4B9 #B93673 #B97D36

monochromatic

#1A585A #28868A #36B4B9 #5DCBD0 #8CDADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B4B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#36B4B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4B9

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4B9	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbce',
    500: '#36b4b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4b9;
$custom-light: #81cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.29,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70545,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4B9

secondary

#C88683

accent

#4F4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4B9

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

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