#36B7AB#36B7AB

#36B7AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.111 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7AB
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 6.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -37.10, -3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 37.31, 186.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.11 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.111 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8020, 37.5885, 44.4156)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7AB #B73642

analogous

#36B76B #36B7AB #3683B7

triadic

#36B7AB #AB36B7 #B7AB36

tetradic

#36B7AB #6B36B7 #B73642 #83B736

square

#36B7AB #6B36B7 #B73642 #83B736

split-complementary

#36B7AB #B73683 #B76B36

monochromatic

#1A5853 #28887F #36B7AB #5BCFC4 #8BDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B7AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#36B7AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7AB

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7AB	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.111 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdc3',
    500: '#36b7ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7ab;
$custom-light: #80cdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.419,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70807,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7AB

secondary

#C78288

accent

#4A58DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7AB

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

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