#36B7B5#36B7B5

#36B7B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.109 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7B5
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 181)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -34.27, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 35.45, 194.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.1055 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.109 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7915, 37.9843, 49.6268)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7B5 #B73638

analogous

#36B775 #36B7B5 #3679B7

triadic

#36B7B5 #B536B7 #B7B536

tetradic

#36B7B5 #7536B7 #B73638 #79B736

square

#36B7B5 #7536B7 #B73638 #79B736

split-complementary

#36B7B5 #B73679 #B77536

monochromatic

#1A5858 #288886 #36B7B5 #5BCFCD #8BDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B7B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#36B7B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7B5

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7B5	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.109 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdcb',
    500: '#36b7b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7b5;
$custom-light: #81cdcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.07,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71142,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7B5

secondary

#C78283

accent

#4A4CDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7B5

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

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