#36B7B0#36B7B0

#36B7B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.109 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7B0
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 176)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -35.70, -6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 36.29, 190.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.1078 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.109 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2876, 37.7828, 46.9732)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7B0 #B7363D

analogous

#36B770 #36B7B0 #367EB7

triadic

#36B7B0 #B036B7 #B7B036

tetradic

#36B7B0 #7036B7 #B7363D #7EB736

square

#36B7B0 #7036B7 #B7363D #7EB736

split-complementary

#36B7B0 #B7367E #B77036

monochromatic

#1A5855 #288883 #36B7B0 #5BCFC8 #8BDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B7B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#36B7B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7B0

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7B0	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACADB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.109 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdc7',
    500: '#36b7b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7b0;
$custom-light: #80cdc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.744,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70972,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7B0

secondary

#C78286

accent

#4A52DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7B0

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

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