#36B8A4#36B8A4

#36B8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.114 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8A4
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -39.45, 0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 39.45, 179.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.1142 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.114 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3594, 37.7426, 41.0633)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8A4 #B8364A

analogous

#36B863 #36B8A4 #368BB8

triadic

#36B8A4 #A436B8 #B8A436

tetradic

#36B8A4 #6336B8 #B8364A #8BB836

square

#36B8A4 #6336B8 #B8364A #8BB836

split-complementary

#36B8A4 #B8368B #B86336

monochromatic

#1A5950 #28897A #36B8A4 #5CCFBD #8BDDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#36B8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8A4

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8A4	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.114 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cebe',
    500: '#36b8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8a4;
$custom-light: #80cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70836,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8A4

secondary

#C7828D

accent

#4A61DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8A4

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

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