#36B8AF#36B8AF

#36B8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8AF
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 175)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -36.44, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 36.87, 188.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.1092 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.11 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3961, 38.1573, 46.5231)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8AF #B8363F

analogous

#36B86E #36B8AF #3680B8

triadic

#36B8AF #AF36B8 #B8AF36

tetradic

#36B8AF #6E36B8 #B8363F #80B836

square

#36B8AF #6E36B8 #B8363F #80B836

split-complementary

#36B8AF #B83680 #B86E36

monochromatic

#1A5955 #288982 #36B8AF #5CCFC7 #8BDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#36B8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8AF

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8AF	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec6',
    500: '#36b8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8af;
$custom-light: #80cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.846,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71187,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8AF

secondary

#C78287

accent

#4A54DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8AF

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

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