#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
RGBrgb(54, 183, 171)
HSLhsl(174, 54%, 46%)
HSVhsv(174, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 0%, 6.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.72, -37.10, -3.99)
CIE-LCHlch(67.72, 37.31, 186.14°)
OKLaboklab(70.81% -0.11 -0.0114)
OKLCHoklch(70.81% 0.111 185.9)
XYZxyz(25.8020, 37.5885, 44.4156)
Luminance0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36B7AB1.002.478.528.52
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5221.001.001.00
##0000008.5221.001.001.00

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

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#36B7AB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva