#36B1BB#36B1BB

#36B1BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.105 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1BB
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -29.63, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 33.14, 206.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0969 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.105 203)
XYZ	xyz(26.2092, 35.8133, 52.5354)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1BB #BB4036

analogous

#36BB82 #36B1BB #366FBB

triadic

#36B1BB #BB36B1 #B1BB36

tetradic

#36B1BB #8236BB #BB4036 #6FBB36

square

#36B1BB #8236BB #BB4036 #6FBB36

split-complementary

#36B1BB #BB366F #BB8236

monochromatic

#1B575C #28848C #36B1BB #5EC8D0 #8DD8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36B1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#36B1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1BB

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1BB	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.105 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8cf',
    500: '#36b1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1bb;
$custom-light: #81c8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.511,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69882,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.35816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1BB

secondary

#C98984

accent

#5549DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1BB

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

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