#36B6B8#36B6B8

#36B6B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6B8
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -32.93, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 34.73, 198.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.1032 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.108 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8971, 37.6977, 51.1969)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6B8 #B83836

analogous

#36B879 #36B6B8 #3675B8

triadic

#36B6B8 #B836B6 #B6B836

tetradic

#36B6B8 #7936B8 #B83836 #75B836

square

#36B6B8 #7936B8 #B83836 #75B836

split-complementary

#36B6B8 #B83675 #B87936

monochromatic

#1A5859 #288789 #36B6B8 #5CCDCF #8BDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B6B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#36B6B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6B8

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6B8	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cccd',
    500: '#36b6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6b8;
$custom-light: #81cccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.923,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71001,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6B8

secondary

#C78482

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6B8

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

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