#36B6B3#36B6B3

#36B6B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6B3
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 179)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -34.38, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 35.42, 193.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.1054 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.108 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3822, 37.4917, 48.4853)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6B3 #B63639

analogous

#36B673 #36B6B3 #3679B6

triadic

#36B6B3 #B336B6 #B6B336

tetradic

#36B6B3 #7336B6 #B63639 #79B636

square

#36B6B3 #7336B6 #B63639 #79B636

split-complementary

#36B6B3 #B63679 #B67336

monochromatic

#1A5856 #288785 #36B6B3 #5BCECC #8ADCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B6B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#36B6B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6B3

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6B3	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc9',
    500: '#36b6b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6b3;
$custom-light: #80ccc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.594,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70826,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6B3

secondary

#C68183

accent

#4A4EDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6B3

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

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