#36B8A1#36B8A1

#36B8A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.116 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B8A1
RGBrgb(54, 184, 161)
HSLhsl(169, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(169, 71%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 0%, 12.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.75, -40.25, 1.57)
CIE-LCHlch(67.75, 40.28, 177.76°)
OKLaboklab(70.75% -0.1156 0.0035)
OKLCHoklch(70.75% 0.116 178.2)
XYZxyz(25.0917, 37.6355, 39.6533)
Luminance0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B8A1 #B8364D
analogous
#36B860 #36B8A1 #368EB8
triadic
#36B8A1 #A136B8 #B8A136
tetradic
#36B8A1 #6036B8 #B8364D #8EB836
square
#36B8A1 #6036B8 #B8364D #8EB836
split-complementary
#36B8A1 #B8368E #B86036
monochromatic
#1A594E #288978 #36B8A1 #5CCFBB #8BDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#36B8A1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53
#36B8A1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8A1
8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B8A1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B8A11.002.468.538.53
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5321.001.001.00
##0000008.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1ADA0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FA0A3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.116 178.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcebc',
    500: '#36b8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b8a1;
$custom-light: #7fcebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.385,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70745,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B8A1
secondary
#C7828F
accent
#4A64DE
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0B1412
muted
#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8A1

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#36B8A1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva