#36B0BC#36B0BC

#36B0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.105 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0BC
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -28.84, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 32.88, 208.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0955 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.105 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1198, 35.4627, 53.0356)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0BC #BC4236

analogous

#36BC85 #36B0BC #366DBC

triadic

#36B0BC #BC36B0 #B0BC36

tetradic

#36B0BC #8536BC #BC4236 #6DBC36

square

#36B0BC #8536BC #BC4236 #6DBC36

split-complementary

#36B0BC #BC366D #BC8536

monochromatic

#1B575D #28838C #36B0BC #5EC7D1 #8ED7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36B0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#36B0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0BC

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0BC	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.105 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8d0',
    500: '#36b0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0bc;
$custom-light: #81c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.373,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69675,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0BC

secondary

#C98B85

accent

#5749DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0BC

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

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