#36B9A8#36B9A8

#36B9A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B9A8
RGBrgb(54, 185, 168)
HSLhsl(172, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(172, 71%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 0%, 9.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.25, -38.82, -1.56)
CIE-LCHlch(68.25, 38.86, 182.30°)
OKLaboklab(71.21% -0.1134 -0.0048)
OKLCHoklch(71.21% 0.114 182.4)
XYZxyz(25.9348, 38.3063, 43.0652)
Luminance0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B9A8 #B93647
analogous
#36B967 #36B9A8 #3689B9
triadic
#36B9A8 #A836B9 #B9A836
tetradic
#36B9A8 #6736B9 #B93647 #89B936
square
#36B9A8 #6736B9 #B93647 #89B936
split-complementary
#36B9A8 #B93689 #B96736
monochromatic
#1A5A52 #288A7D #36B9A8 #5DD0C1 #8CDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#36B9A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66
#36B9A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9A8
8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B9A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B9A81.002.428.668.66
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6621.001.001.00
##0000008.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0AEA7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA1AA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 182.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec1',
    500: '#36b9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b9a8;
$custom-light: #80cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.214,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71211,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B9A8
secondary
#C8838C
accent
#4A5DDE
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F7
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9A8

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#36B9A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva