#36B0B2#36B0B2

#36B0B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.104 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0B2
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 178)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -31.82, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 33.59, 198.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0998 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.104 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0789, 35.0464, 47.5537)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0B2 #B23836

analogous

#36B276 #36B0B2 #3672B2

triadic

#36B0B2 #B236B0 #B0B236

tetradic

#36B0B2 #7636B2 #B23836 #72B236

square

#36B0B2 #7636B2 #B23836 #72B236

split-complementary

#36B0B2 #B23672 #B27636

monochromatic

#1A5354 #288283 #36B0B2 #59CBCD #88D9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#36B0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#36B0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0B2

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0B2	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.104 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c8c9',
    500: '#36b0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0b2;
$custom-light: #80c8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.968,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69307,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0B2

secondary

#C5807F

accent

#4D4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0B2

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

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