#36B9B5#36B9B5

#36B9B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B9B5
RGBrgb(54, 185, 181)
HSLhsl(178, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(178, 71%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.62, -35.21, -8.17)
CIE-LCHlch(68.62, 36.14, 193.06°)
OKLaboklab(71.64% -0.1075 -0.0228)
OKLCHoklch(71.64% 0.11 192)
XYZxyz(27.2069, 38.8152, 49.7653)
Luminance0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B9B5 #B9363A
analogous
#36B974 #36B9B5 #367CB9
triadic
#36B9B5 #B536B9 #B9B536
tetradic
#36B9B5 #7436B9 #B9363A #7CB936
square
#36B9B5 #7436B9 #B9363A #7CB936
split-complementary
#36B9B5 #B9367C #B97436
monochromatic
#1A5A58 #288A87 #36B9B5 #5DD0CC #8CDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#36B9B5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76
#36B9B5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9B5
8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B9B5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B9B51.002.408.768.76
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7621.001.001.00
##0000008.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEB0B5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BA1B6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 192.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecb',
    500: '#36b9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b9b5;
$custom-light: #81cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.168,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71636,
    "c": 0.10992,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.38818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B9B5
secondary
#C88385
accent
#4A4EDE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9B5

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#36B9B5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva