#36B8A7#36B8A7

#36B8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8A7
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 167)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 9.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -38.65, -1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 38.67, 182.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.1129 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.113 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6335, 37.8523, 42.5070)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8A7 #B83647

analogous

#36B866 #36B8A7 #3688B8

triadic

#36B8A7 #A736B8 #B8A736

tetradic

#36B8A7 #6636B8 #B83647 #88B836

square

#36B8A7 #6636B8 #B83647 #88B836

split-complementary

#36B8A7 #B83688 #B86636

monochromatic

#1A5951 #28897C #36B8A7 #5CCFC0 #8BDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#36B8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8A7

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8A7	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec1',
    500: '#36b8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8a7;
$custom-light: #80cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.154,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70929,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8A7

secondary

#C7828B

accent

#4A5DDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8A7

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

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