#36B5B2#36B5B2

#36B5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5B2
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -34.20, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 35.23, 193.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.1048 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.107 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0774, 37.0433, 47.8866)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5B2 #B53639

analogous

#36B572 #36B5B2 #3678B5

triadic

#36B5B2 #B236B5 #B5B236

tetradic

#36B5B2 #7236B5 #B53639 #78B536

square

#36B5B2 #7236B5 #B53639 #78B536

split-complementary

#36B5B2 #B53678 #B57236

monochromatic

#1A5755 #288684 #36B5B2 #5ACECB #89DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#36B5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5B2

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5B2	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc9',
    500: '#36b5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5b2;
$custom-light: #80cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.583,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70544,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5B2

secondary

#C68182

accent

#4A4EDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5B2

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

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