#36B8A3#36B8A3

#36B8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8A3
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -39.72, 0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 39.72, 179.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.1147 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.115 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2694, 37.7067, 40.5896)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8A3 #B8364B

analogous

#36B862 #36B8A3 #368CB8

triadic

#36B8A3 #A336B8 #B8A336

tetradic

#36B8A3 #6236B8 #B8364B #8CB836

square

#36B8A3 #6236B8 #B8364B #8CB836

split-complementary

#36B8A3 #B8368C #B86236

monochromatic

#1A594F #288979 #36B8A3 #5CCFBD #8BDDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#36B8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8A3

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8A3	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcebe',
    500: '#36b8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8a3;
$custom-light: #7fcebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.308,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70806,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8A3

secondary

#C7828E

accent

#4A62DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8A3

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

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