#36B7B4#36B7B4

#36B7B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.109 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7B4
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 180)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -34.56, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 35.61, 193.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.106 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.109 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6892, 37.9434, 49.0884)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7B4 #B73639

analogous

#36B774 #36B7B4 #367AB7

triadic

#36B7B4 #B436B7 #B7B436

tetradic

#36B7B4 #7436B7 #B73639 #7AB736

square

#36B7B4 #7436B7 #B73639 #7AB736

split-complementary

#36B7B4 #B7367A #B77436

monochromatic

#1A5857 #288886 #36B7B4 #5BCFCC #8BDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B7B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#36B7B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7B4

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7B4	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.109 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdca',
    500: '#36b7b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7b4;
$custom-light: #81cdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.605,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71108,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7B4

secondary

#C78283

accent

#4A4DDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7B4

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

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