#36B0BE#36B0BE

#36B0BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.106 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0BE
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -28.23, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 32.85, 210.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0946 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.106 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3369, 35.5495, 54.1789)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0BE #BE4436

analogous

#36BE88 #36B0BE #366CBE

triadic

#36B0BE #BE36B0 #B0BE36

tetradic

#36B0BE #8836BE #BE4436 #6CBE36

square

#36B0BE #8836BE #BE4436 #6CBE36

split-complementary

#36B0BE #BE366C #BE8836

monochromatic

#1B585F #28848E #36B0BE #60C6D2 #8FD7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36B0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#36B0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0BE

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0BE	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.106 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8d1',
    500: '#36b0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0be;
$custom-light: #81c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.176,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69752,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0BE

secondary

#CA8D86

accent

#5849DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0BE

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

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