#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
RGBrgb(54, 184, 164)
HSLhsl(171, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(171, 71%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 0%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.83, -39.45, 0.04)
CIE-LCHlch(67.83, 39.45, 179.95°)
OKLaboklab(70.84% -0.1142 -0.0005)
OKLCHoklch(70.84% 0.114 180.3)
XYZxyz(25.3594, 37.7426, 41.0633)
Luminance0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36B8A41.002.468.558.55
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5521.001.001.00
##0000008.5521.001.001.00

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

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#36B8A4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva