#36B7B8#36B7B8

#36B7B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7B8
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -33.40, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 35.04, 197.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.1042 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.108 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1026, 38.1087, 51.2654)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7B8 #B83736

analogous

#36B878 #36B7B8 #3676B8

triadic

#36B7B8 #B836B7 #B7B836

tetradic

#36B7B8 #7836B8 #B83736 #76B836

square

#36B7B8 #7836B8 #B83736 #76B836

split-complementary

#36B7B8 #B83676 #B87836

monochromatic

#1A5959 #288889 #36B7B8 #5CCECF #8BDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B7B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#36B7B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7B8

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7B8	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdcd',
    500: '#36b7b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7b8;
$custom-light: #81cdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.462,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71247,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7B8

secondary

#C78382

accent

#4B4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7B8

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

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