#36B8B0#36B8B0

#36B8B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8B0
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 176)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -36.16, -6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 36.67, 189.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.1088 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.11 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4946, 38.1967, 47.0422)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8B0 #B8363E

analogous

#36B86F #36B8B0 #367FB8

triadic

#36B8B0 #B036B8 #B8B036

tetradic

#36B8B0 #6F36B8 #B8363E #7FB836

square

#36B8B0 #6F36B8 #B8363E #7FB836

split-complementary

#36B8B0 #B8367F #B86F36

monochromatic

#1A5955 #288983 #36B8B0 #5CCFC8 #8BDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#36B8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8B0

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8B0	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec7',
    500: '#36b8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8b0;
$custom-light: #80cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.308,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7122,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8B0

secondary

#C78287

accent

#4A53DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8B0

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

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