#36B8A5#36B8A5

#36B8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B8A5
RGBrgb(54, 184, 165)
HSLhsl(171, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(171, 71%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.86, -39.18, -0.47)
CIE-LCHlch(67.86, 39.19, 180.69°)
OKLaboklab(70.87% -0.1138 -0.0019)
OKLCHoklch(70.87% 0.114 181)
XYZxyz(25.4501, 37.7789, 41.5408)
Luminance0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B8A5 #B83649
analogous
#36B864 #36B8A5 #368AB8
triadic
#36B8A5 #A536B8 #B8A536
tetradic
#36B8A5 #6436B8 #B83649 #8AB836
square
#36B8A5 #6436B8 #B83649 #8AB836
split-complementary
#36B8A5 #B8368A #B86436
monochromatic
#1A5950 #28897B #36B8A5 #5CCFBE #8BDDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45
#36B8A5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56
#36B8A5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8A5
8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B8A5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B8A51.002.458.568.56
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5621.001.001.00
##0000008.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0ADA4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA0A7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 181.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cebf',
    500: '#36b8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b8a5;
$custom-light: #80cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.231,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70867,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.37782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B8A5
secondary
#C7828D
accent
#4A5FDE
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F7
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8A5

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#36B8A5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva