#36B7B2#36B7B2

#36B7B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.109 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7B2
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 178)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 2.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -35.13, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 35.93, 192.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.1069 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.109 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4870, 37.8625, 48.0231)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7B2 #B7363B

analogous

#36B772 #36B7B2 #367CB7

triadic

#36B7B2 #B236B7 #B7B236

tetradic

#36B7B2 #7236B7 #B7363B #7CB736

square

#36B7B2 #7236B7 #B7363B #7CB736

split-complementary

#36B7B2 #B7367C #B77236

monochromatic

#1A5856 #288884 #36B7B2 #5BCFCA #8BDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B7B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#36B7B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7B2

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7B2	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.109 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdc9',
    500: '#36b7b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7b2;
$custom-light: #80cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.674,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71039,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7B2

secondary

#C78285

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7B2

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

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