#36B0BB#36B0BB

#36B0BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.105 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0BB
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -29.14, -15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 32.91, 207.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0959 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.105 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0124, 35.4197, 52.4698)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0BB #BB4136

analogous

#36BB83 #36B0BB #366EBB

triadic

#36B0BB #BB36B0 #B0BB36

tetradic

#36B0BB #8336BB #BB4136 #6EBB36

square

#36B0BB #8336BB #BB4136 #6EBB36

split-complementary

#36B0BB #BB366E #BB8336

monochromatic

#1B575C #28838C #36B0BB #5EC7D0 #8DD7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#36B0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#36B0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0BB

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0BB	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.105 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c8cf',
    500: '#36b0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0bb;
$custom-light: #80c8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.962,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69637,
    "c": 0.10486,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0BB

secondary

#C98A84

accent

#5649DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0BB

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

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