#36B9B7#36B9B7

#36B9B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.110 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9B7
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 183)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -34.63, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 35.83, 194.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.1067 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.11 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4136, 38.8979, 50.8538)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9B7 #B93638

analogous

#36B976 #36B9B7 #367AB9

triadic

#36B9B7 #B736B9 #B9B736

tetradic

#36B9B7 #7636B9 #B93638 #7AB936

square

#36B9B7 #7636B9 #B93638 #7AB936

split-complementary

#36B9B7 #B9367A #B97636

monochromatic

#1A5A59 #288A88 #36B9B7 #5DD0CE #8CDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#36B9B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#36B9B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9B7

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9B7	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.110 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecc',
    500: '#36b9b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9b7;
$custom-light: #81cecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.084,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71705,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9B7

secondary

#C88384

accent

#4A4CDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9B7

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

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