#36B8A6#36B8A6

#36B8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8A6
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -38.92, -0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 38.93, 181.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.1133 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.113 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5414, 37.8154, 42.0220)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8A6 #B83648

analogous

#36B865 #36B8A6 #3689B8

triadic

#36B8A6 #A636B8 #B8A636

tetradic

#36B8A6 #6536B8 #B83648 #89B836

square

#36B8A6 #6536B8 #B83648 #89B836

split-complementary

#36B8A6 #B83689 #B86536

monochromatic

#1A5951 #28897B #36B8A6 #5CCFBF #8BDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#36B8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8A6

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8A6	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec0',
    500: '#36b8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8a6;
$custom-light: #80cec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.692,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70898,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8A6

secondary

#C7828C

accent

#4A5EDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8A6

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

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