#36B4BA#36B4BA

#36B4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.107 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B4BA
RGBrgb(54, 180, 186)
HSLhsl(183, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(183, 71%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(67.25, -31.38, -12.96)
CIE-LCHlch(67.25, 33.96, 202.44°)
OKLaboklab(70.58% -0.1003 -0.036)
OKLCHoklch(70.58% 0.107 199.7)
XYZxyz(26.7016, 36.9688, 52.1733)
Luminance0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B4BA #BA3C36
analogous
#36BA7E #36B4BA #3672BA
triadic
#36B4BA #BA36B4 #B4BA36
tetradic
#36B4BA #7E36BA #BA3C36 #72BA36
square
#36B4BA #7E36BA #BA3C36 #72BA36
split-complementary
#36B4BA #BA3672 #BA7E36
monochromatic
#1A585B #28868B #36B4BA #5DCBD0 #8DDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#36B4BA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39
#36B4BA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4BA
8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B4BA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B4BA1.002.508.398.39
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3921.001.001.00
##0000008.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7ACBB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#949EBB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.107 199.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbce',
    500: '#36b4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b4ba;
$custom-light: #81cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70581,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B4BA
secondary
#C88784
accent
#5049DE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F9
border
#CBD1D2
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4BA

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#36B4BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva