#36B5B8#36B5B8

#36B5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.107 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5B8
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -32.45, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 34.43, 199.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.1022 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.107 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6930, 37.2896, 51.1289)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5B8 #B83936

analogous

#36B87A #36B5B8 #3674B8

triadic

#36B5B8 #B836B5 #B5B836

tetradic

#36B5B8 #7A36B8 #B83936 #74B836

square

#36B5B8 #7A36B8 #B83936 #74B836

split-complementary

#36B5B8 #B83674 #B87A36

monochromatic

#1A5859 #288689 #36B5B8 #5CCDCF #8BDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#36B5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5B8

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5B8	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.107 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbcd',
    500: '#36b5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5b8;
$custom-light: #81cbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.385,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70755,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5B8

secondary

#C78482

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5B8

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

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