#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
RGBrgb(54, 184, 182)
HSLhsl(179, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(179, 71%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.34, -34.45, -9.13)
CIE-LCHlch(68.34, 35.64, 194.83°)
OKLaboklab(71.42% -0.1061 -0.0254)
OKLCHoklch(71.42% 0.109 193.5)
XYZxyz(27.1014, 38.4395, 50.2381)
Luminance0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36B8B61.002.428.698.69
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6921.001.001.00
##0000008.6921.001.001.00

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

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#36B8B6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva