#36B8B2#36B8B2

#36B8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.110 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8B2
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -35.60, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 36.30, 191.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1079 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.11 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6940, 38.2765, 48.0921)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8B2 #B8363C

analogous

#36B871 #36B8B2 #367DB8

triadic

#36B8B2 #B236B8 #B8B236

tetradic

#36B8B2 #7136B8 #B8363C #7DB836

square

#36B8B2 #7136B8 #B8363C #7DB836

split-complementary

#36B8B2 #B8367D #B87136

monochromatic

#1A5956 #288984 #36B8B2 #5CCFCA #8BDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#36B8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8B2

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8B2	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.110 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec9',
    500: '#36b8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8b2;
$custom-light: #81cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.231,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71287,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8B2

secondary

#C78286

accent

#4A51DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8B2

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

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