#36B7BA#36B7BA

#36B7BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7BA
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -32.82, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 34.81, 199.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.1033 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.108 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3137, 38.1932, 52.3774)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7BA #BA3936

analogous

#36BA7B #36B7BA #3675BA

triadic

#36B7BA #BA36B7 #B7BA36

tetradic

#36B7BA #7B36BA #BA3936 #75BA36

square

#36B7BA #7B36BA #BA3936 #75BA36

split-complementary

#36B7BA #BA3675 #BA7B36

monochromatic

#1A5A5B #28888B #36B7BA #5DCDD0 #8DDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B7BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#36B7BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7BA

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7BA	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdce',
    500: '#36b7ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7ba;
$custom-light: #81cdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71318,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7BA

secondary

#C88584

accent

#4D49DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7BA

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

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