#36B0BD#36B0BD

#36B0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.105 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0BD
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -28.53, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 32.86, 209.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.095 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.105 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2280, 35.5060, 53.6053)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0BD #BD4336

analogous

#36BD87 #36B0BD #366CBD

triadic

#36B0BD #BD36B0 #B0BD36

tetradic

#36B0BD #8736BD #BD4336 #6CBD36

square

#36B0BD #8736BD #BD4336 #6CBD36

split-complementary

#36B0BD #BD366C #BD8736

monochromatic

#1B575E #28848D #36B0BD #5FC6D1 #8FD7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36B0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#36B0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0BD

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0BD	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.105 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8d0',
    500: '#36b0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0bd;
$custom-light: #81c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69713,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0BD

secondary

#C98C85

accent

#5749DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0BD

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

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