#36B8B1#36B8B1

#36B8B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.110 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B8B1
RGBrgb(54, 184, 177)
HSLhsl(177, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(177, 71%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.19, -35.88, -6.59)
CIE-LCHlch(68.19, 36.48, 190.41°)
OKLaboklab(71.25% -0.1083 -0.0185)
OKLCHoklch(71.25% 0.11 189.7)
XYZxyz(26.5939, 38.2365, 47.5652)
Luminance0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B8B1 #B8363D
analogous
#36B870 #36B8B1 #367EB8
triadic
#36B8B1 #B136B8 #B8B136
tetradic
#36B8B1 #7036B8 #B8363D #7EB836
square
#36B8B1 #7036B8 #B8363D #7EB836
split-complementary
#36B8B1 #B8367E #B87036
monochromatic
#1A5956 #288983 #36B8B1 #5CCFC9 #8BDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#36B8B1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65
#36B8B1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8B1
8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B8B1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B8B11.002.438.658.65
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6521.001.001.00
##0000008.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADAEB1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BA0B2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b8b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.110 189.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec8',
    500: '#36b8b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b8b1;
$custom-light: #81cec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b8b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.769,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71253,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B8B1
secondary
#C78286
accent
#4A52DE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8B1

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#36B8B1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva