#36B8B7#36B8B7

#36B8B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8B7
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 183)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -34.16, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 35.50, 195.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.1056 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.109 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2052, 38.4809, 50.7843)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8B7 #B83637

analogous

#36B876 #36B8B7 #3678B8

triadic

#36B8B7 #B736B8 #B8B736

tetradic

#36B8B7 #7636B8 #B83637 #78B836

square

#36B8B7 #7636B8 #B83637 #78B836

split-complementary

#36B8B7 #B83678 #B87636

monochromatic

#1A5959 #288988 #36B8B7 #5CCFCE #8BDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36B8B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#36B8B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8B7

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8B7	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecc',
    500: '#36b8b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8b7;
$custom-light: #81cecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.538,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71458,
    "c": 0.10899,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8B7

secondary

#C78283

accent

#4A4BDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8B7

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

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