#36B6AB#36B6AB

#36B6AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6AB
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 171)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -36.64, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 36.91, 186.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.109 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.11 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5965, 37.1775, 44.3471)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6AB #B63641

analogous

#36B66B #36B6AB #3681B6

triadic

#36B6AB #AB36B6 #B6AB36

tetradic

#36B6AB #6B36B6 #B63641 #81B636

square

#36B6AB #6B36B6 #B63641 #81B636

split-complementary

#36B6AB #B63681 #B66B36

monochromatic

#1A5852 #28877F #36B6AB #5BCEC4 #8ADCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#36B6AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#36B6AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6AB

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6AB	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc3',
    500: '#36b6ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6ab;
$custom-light: #80ccc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.844,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70558,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6AB

secondary

#C68187

accent

#4A57DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6AB

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

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