#36B7B3#36B7B3

#36B7B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.109 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7B3
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -34.85, -8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 35.77, 193.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.1064 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.109 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5877, 37.9028, 48.5538)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7B3 #B7363A

analogous

#36B773 #36B7B3 #367BB7

triadic

#36B7B3 #B336B7 #B7B336

tetradic

#36B7B3 #7336B7 #B7363A #7BB736

square

#36B7B3 #7336B7 #B7363A #7BB736

split-complementary

#36B7B3 #B7367B #B77336

monochromatic

#1A5857 #288885 #36B7B3 #5BCFCB #8BDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B7B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#36B7B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7B3

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7B3	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.109 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdc9',
    500: '#36b7b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7b3;
$custom-light: #81cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.14,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71073,
    "c": 0.10877,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7B3

secondary

#C78284

accent

#4A4FDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7B3

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

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