#36B5AB#36B5AB

#36B5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.109 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5AB
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 171)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 5.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -36.18, -4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 36.51, 187.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.108 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.109 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3924, 36.7693, 44.2791)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5AB #B53640

analogous

#36B56B #36B5AB #367FB5

triadic

#36B5AB #AB36B5 #B5AB36

tetradic

#36B5AB #6B36B5 #B53640 #7FB536

square

#36B5AB #6B36B5 #B53640 #7FB536

split-complementary

#36B5AB #B5367F #B56B36

monochromatic

#1A5752 #28867E #36B5AB #5ACEC5 #89DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#36B5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5AB

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5AB	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.109 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc3',
    500: '#36b5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5ab;
$custom-light: #80ccc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.276,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70308,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5AB

secondary

#C68186

accent

#4A56DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5AB

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

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