#36B8B8#36B8B8

#36B8B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B8B8
RGBrgb(54, 184, 184)
HSLhsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(180, 71%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 0%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.40, -33.88, -10.14)
CIE-LCHlch(68.40, 35.36, 196.66°)
OKLaboklab(71.49% -0.1052 -0.0282)
OKLCHoklch(71.49% 0.109 195)
XYZxyz(27.3096, 38.5227, 51.3344)
Luminance0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B8B8 #B83636
analogous
#36B877 #36B8B8 #3677B8
triadic
#36B8B8 #B836B8 #B8B836
tetradic
#36B8B8 #7736B8 #B83636 #77B836
square
#36B8B8 #7736B8 #B83636 #77B836
split-complementary
#36B8B8 #B83677 #B87736
monochromatic
#1A5959 #288989 #36B8B8 #5CCFCF #8BDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#36B8B8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71
#36B8B8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8B8
8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B8B8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B8B81.002.418.718.71
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7121.001.001.00
##0000008.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACAFB8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99A1B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 195.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecd',
    500: '#36b8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b8b8;
$custom-light: #81cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71493,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.38526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B8B8
secondary
#C78282
accent
#4A4ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8B8

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#36B8B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva