#36B9B8#36B9B8

#36B9B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.110 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B9B8
RGBrgb(54, 185, 184)
HSLhsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(180, 71%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.71, -34.35, -9.68)
CIE-LCHlch(68.71, 35.68, 195.75°)
OKLaboklab(71.74% -0.1062 -0.0269)
OKLCHoklch(71.74% 0.11 194.2)
XYZxyz(27.5181, 38.9396, 51.4039)
Luminance0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B9B8 #B93637
analogous
#36B977 #36B9B8 #3679B9
triadic
#36B9B8 #B836B9 #B9B836
tetradic
#36B9B8 #7736B9 #B93637 #79B936
square
#36B9B8 #7736B9 #B93637 #79B936
split-complementary
#36B9B8 #B93679 #B97736
monochromatic
#1A5A5A #288A89 #36B9B8 #5DD0CF #8CDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#36B9B8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79
#36B9B8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9B8
8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B9B8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B9B81.002.398.798.79
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7921.001.001.00
##0000008.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADB0B8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AA2B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b9b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.110 194.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecd',
    500: '#36b9b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b9b8;
$custom-light: #81cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b9b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.542,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71739,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B9B8
secondary
#C88384
accent
#4A4BDE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9B8

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#36B9B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva