#36B0BF#36B0BF

#36B0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.106 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0BF
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -27.92, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 32.85, 211.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0942 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.106 207)
XYZ	xyz(26.4465, 35.5934, 54.7565)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0BF #BF4536

analogous

#36BF89 #36B0BF #366CBF

triadic

#36B0BF #BF36B0 #B0BF36

tetradic

#36B0BF #8936BF #BF4536 #6CBF36

square

#36B0BF #8936BF #BF4536 #6CBF36

split-complementary

#36B0BF #BF366C #BF8936

monochromatic

#1B5860 #29848F #36B0BF #60C6D2 #90D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36B0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#36B0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0BF

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0BF	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.106 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8d2',
    500: '#36b0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0bf;
$custom-light: #81c8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.569,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6979,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.35597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0BF

secondary

#CA8E87

accent

#5949DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0BF

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

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