#36B9B2#36B9B2

#36B9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9B2
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -36.06, -6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 36.67, 190.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1089 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.11 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9024, 38.6934, 48.1616)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9B2 #B9363D

analogous

#36B971 #36B9B2 #367FB9

triadic

#36B9B2 #B236B9 #B9B236

tetradic

#36B9B2 #7136B9 #B9363D #7FB936

square

#36B9B2 #7136B9 #B9363D #7FB936

split-complementary

#36B9B2 #B9367F #B97136

monochromatic

#1A5A57 #288A84 #36B9B2 #5DD0C9 #8CDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#36B9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#36B9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9B2

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9B2	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec9',
    500: '#36b9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9b2;
$custom-light: #81cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.794,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71535,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9B2

secondary

#C88387

accent

#4A52DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9B2

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

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