#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
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -34.35, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 35.68, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.1062 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.11 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5181, 38.9396, 51.4039)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##36B9B8	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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