#36B8B6#36B8B6

#36B8B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8B6
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 182)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -34.45, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 35.64, 194.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.1061 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.109 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1014, 38.4395, 50.2381)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8B6 #B83638

analogous

#36B875 #36B8B6 #3679B8

triadic

#36B8B6 #B636B8 #B8B636

tetradic

#36B8B6 #7536B8 #B83638 #79B836

square

#36B8B6 #7536B8 #B83638 #79B836

split-complementary

#36B8B6 #B83679 #B87536

monochromatic

#1A5958 #288987 #36B8B6 #5CCFCD #8BDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#36B8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#36B8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8B6

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8B6	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecb',
    500: '#36b8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8b6;
$custom-light: #81cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71423,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8B6

secondary

#C78284

accent

#4A4CDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8B6

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

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