#36B8B3#36B8B3

#36B8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.110 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8B3
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -35.31, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 36.12, 192.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.1074 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.11 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7947, 38.3168, 48.6228)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8B3 #B8363B

analogous

#36B872 #36B8B3 #367CB8

triadic

#36B8B3 #B336B8 #B8B336

tetradic

#36B8B3 #7236B8 #B8363B #7CB836

square

#36B8B3 #7236B8 #B8363B #7CB836

split-complementary

#36B8B3 #B8367C #B87236

monochromatic

#1A5957 #288985 #36B8B3 #5CCFCB #8BDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#36B8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#36B8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8B3

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8B3	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#ADAEB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.110 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec9',
    500: '#36b8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8b3;
$custom-light: #81cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71321,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8B3

secondary

#C78285

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8B3

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

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