#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
RGBrgb(54, 183, 168)
HSLhsl(173, 54%, 46%)
HSVhsv(173, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 0%, 8.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.63, -37.92, -2.46)
CIE-LCHlch(67.63, 38.00, 183.71°)
OKLaboklab(70.71% -0.1114 -0.0072)
OKLCHoklch(70.71% 0.112 183.7)
XYZxyz(25.5193, 37.4754, 42.9267)
Luminance0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36B7A81.002.478.508.50
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5021.001.001.00
##0000008.5021.001.001.00

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

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#36B7A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva