#36B1BA#36B1BA

#36B1BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.105 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1BA
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 186)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 4.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -29.93, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 33.19, 205.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0973 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.105 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1025, 35.7707, 51.9736)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1BA #BA3F36

analogous

#36BA81 #36B1BA #366FBA

triadic

#36B1BA #BA36B1 #B1BA36

tetradic

#36B1BA #8136BA #BA3F36 #6FBA36

square

#36B1BA #8136BA #BA3F36 #6FBA36

split-complementary

#36B1BA #BA366F #BA8136

monochromatic

#1A575B #28848B #36B1BA #5DC8D0 #8DD8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36B1BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#36B1BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1BA

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1BA	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.105 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8ce',
    500: '#36b1ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1ba;
$custom-light: #81c8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69845,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1BA

secondary

#C88884

accent

#5449DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1BA

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

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