#36B8A0#36B8A0

#36B8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.116 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8A0
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -40.51, 2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 40.56, 177.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.1161 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.116 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0038, 37.6004, 39.1907)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8A0 #B8364E

analogous

#36B85F #36B8A0 #368FB8

triadic

#36B8A0 #A036B8 #B8A036

tetradic

#36B8A0 #5F36B8 #B8364E #8FB836

square

#36B8A0 #5F36B8 #B8364E #8FB836

split-complementary

#36B8A0 #B8368F #B85F36

monochromatic

#1A594E #288977 #36B8A0 #5CCFBA #8BDDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#36B8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8A0

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8A0	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.116 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcebc',
    500: '#36b8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8a0;
$custom-light: #7fcebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.923,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70715,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8A0

secondary

#C7828F

accent

#4A65DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8A0

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

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