#36B0B8#36B0B8

#36B0B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.104 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0B8
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 184)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -30.05, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 33.05, 204.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0972 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.104 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6946, 35.2926, 50.7961)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0B8 #B83E36

analogous

#36B87F #36B0B8 #366FB8

triadic

#36B0B8 #B836B0 #B0B836

tetradic

#36B0B8 #7F36B8 #B83E36 #6FB836

square

#36B0B8 #7F36B8 #B83E36 #6FB836

split-complementary

#36B0B8 #B8366F #B87F36

monochromatic

#1A5559 #288389 #36B0B8 #5CC8CF #8BD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#36B0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#36B0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0B8

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0B8	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A8B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.104 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c8cd',
    500: '#36b0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0b8;
$custom-light: #80c8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.692,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69525,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0B8

secondary

#C78782

accent

#534ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0B8

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

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