#36B8AE#36B8AE

#36B8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.111 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8AE
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -36.72, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 37.07, 187.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.1097 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.111 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2982, 38.1182, 46.0077)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8AE #B83640

analogous

#36B86D #36B8AE #3681B8

triadic

#36B8AE #AE36B8 #B8AE36

tetradic

#36B8AE #6D36B8 #B83640 #81B836

square

#36B8AE #6D36B8 #B83640 #81B836

split-complementary

#36B8AE #B83681 #B86D36

monochromatic

#1A5955 #288981 #36B8AE #5CCFC6 #8BDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#36B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8AE

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8AE	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)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.111 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec6',
    500: '#36b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8ae;
$custom-light: #80cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71154,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8AE

secondary

#C78288

accent

#4A55DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8AE

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

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