#36B7B9#36B7B9

#36B7B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7B9
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 185)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -33.11, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 34.92, 198.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.1038 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.108 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2078, 38.1508, 51.8194)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7B9 #B93836

analogous

#36B97A #36B7B9 #3676B9

triadic

#36B7B9 #B936B7 #B7B936

tetradic

#36B7B9 #7A36B9 #B93836 #76B936

square

#36B7B9 #7A36B9 #B93836 #76B936

split-complementary

#36B7B9 #B93676 #B97A36

monochromatic

#1A595A #28888A #36B7B9 #5DCED0 #8CDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B7B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#36B7B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7B9

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7B9	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdce',
    500: '#36b7b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7b9;
$custom-light: #81cdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.916,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71282,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7B9

secondary

#C88483

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7B9

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

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