#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
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -33.88, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 35.36, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.1052 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.109 195)
XYZ	xyz(27.3096, 38.5227, 51.3344)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##36B8B8	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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