#36B6B2#36B6B2

#36B6B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6B2
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 178)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -34.66, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 35.58, 193.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.1058 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.108 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2815, 37.4514, 47.9546)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6B2 #B6363A

analogous

#36B672 #36B6B2 #367AB6

triadic

#36B6B2 #B236B6 #B6B236

tetradic

#36B6B2 #7236B6 #B6363A #7AB636

square

#36B6B2 #7236B6 #B6363A #7AB636

split-complementary

#36B6B2 #B6367A #B67236

monochromatic

#1A5856 #288784 #36B6B2 #5BCECB #8ADCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#36B6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6B2

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6B2	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc9',
    500: '#36b6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6b2;
$custom-light: #80ccc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70792,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6B2

secondary

#C68183

accent

#4A4FDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6B2

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

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