#36B8AB#36B8AB

#36B8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8AB
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -37.55, -3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 37.72, 185.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.111 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.111 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0090, 38.0025, 44.4846)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8AB #B83643

analogous

#36B86A #36B8AB #3684B8

triadic

#36B8AB #AB36B8 #B8AB36

tetradic

#36B8AB #6A36B8 #B83643 #84B836

square

#36B8AB #6A36B8 #B83643 #84B836

split-complementary

#36B8AB #B83684 #B86A36

monochromatic

#1A5953 #28897F #36B8AB #5CCFC4 #8BDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#36B8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8AB

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8AB	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec3',
    500: '#36b8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8ab;
$custom-light: #80cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71056,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8AB

secondary

#C78289

accent

#4A59DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8AB

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

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