#36B8B5#36B8B5

#36B8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8B5
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 181)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -34.74, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 35.79, 193.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1065 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.109 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9985, 38.3983, 49.6958)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8B5 #B83639

analogous

#36B874 #36B8B5 #367AB8

triadic

#36B8B5 #B536B8 #B8B536

tetradic

#36B8B5 #7436B8 #B83639 #7AB836

square

#36B8B5 #7436B8 #B83639 #7AB836

split-complementary

#36B8B5 #B8367A #B87436

monochromatic

#1A5958 #288986 #36B8B5 #5CCFCD #8BDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#36B8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#36B8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8B5

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8B5	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecb',
    500: '#36b8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8b5;
$custom-light: #81cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.615,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71389,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8B5

secondary

#C78284

accent

#4A4DDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8B5

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

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