#36B8A8#36B8A8

#36B8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.113 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8A8
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -38.37, -2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 38.43, 182.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.1124 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.113 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7263, 37.8894, 42.9957)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8A8 #B83646

analogous

#36B867 #36B8A8 #3687B8

triadic

#36B8A8 #A836B8 #B8A836

tetradic

#36B8A8 #6736B8 #B83646 #87B836

square

#36B8A8 #6736B8 #B83646 #87B836

split-complementary

#36B8A8 #B83687 #B86736

monochromatic

#1A5952 #28897D #36B8A8 #5CCFC1 #8BDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#36B8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8A8

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8A8	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.113 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec1',
    500: '#36b8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8a8;
$custom-light: #80cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.615,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70961,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8A8

secondary

#C7828B

accent

#4A5CDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8A8

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

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