#36B7A8#36B7A8

#36B7A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7A8
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 168)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 8.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -37.92, -2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 38.00, 183.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.1114 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.112 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5193, 37.4754, 42.9267)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7A8 #B73645

analogous

#36B768 #36B7A8 #3686B7

triadic

#36B7A8 #A836B7 #B7A836

tetradic

#36B7A8 #6836B7 #B73645 #86B736

square

#36B7A8 #6836B7 #B73645 #86B736

split-complementary

#36B7A8 #B73686 #B76836

monochromatic

#1A5851 #28887D #36B7A8 #5BCFC1 #8BDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B7A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#36B7A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7A8

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7A8	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)

#AEADA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdc1',
    500: '#36b7a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7a8;
$custom-light: #80cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.023,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70711,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7A8

secondary

#C7828A

accent

#4A5BDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7A8

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

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