#36B8AD#36B8AD

#36B8AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8AD
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 173)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -37.00, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 37.28, 187.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.1101 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.111 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2011, 38.0793, 45.4962)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8AD #B83641

analogous

#36B86C #36B8AD #3682B8

triadic

#36B8AD #AD36B8 #B8AD36

tetradic

#36B8AD #6C36B8 #B83641 #82B836

square

#36B8AD #6C36B8 #B83641 #82B836

split-complementary

#36B8AD #B83682 #B86C36

monochromatic

#1A5954 #288981 #36B8AD #5CCFC5 #8BDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#36B8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8AD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8AD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec5',
    500: '#36b8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8ad;
$custom-light: #80cec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.923,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71121,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8AD

secondary

#C78288

accent

#4A56DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8AD

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

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