#36B9B3#36B9B3

#36B9B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9B3
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -35.78, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 36.49, 191.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1084 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.11 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0032, 38.7337, 48.6923)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9B3 #B9363C

analogous

#36B972 #36B9B3 #367EB9

triadic

#36B9B3 #B336B9 #B9B336

tetradic

#36B9B3 #7236B9 #B9363C #7EB936

square

#36B9B3 #7236B9 #B9363C #7EB936

split-complementary

#36B9B3 #B9367E #B97236

monochromatic

#1A5A57 #288A85 #36B9B3 #5DD0CA #8CDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#36B9B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#36B9B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9B3

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9B3	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec9',
    500: '#36b9b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9b3;
$custom-light: #81cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.252,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71568,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9B3

secondary

#C88386

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9B3

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

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