#36B1BC#36B1BC

#36B1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.105 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1BC
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -29.33, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 33.10, 207.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0965 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.105 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3166, 35.8563, 53.1012)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1BC #BC4136

analogous

#36BC84 #36B1BC #366EBC

triadic

#36B1BC #BC36B1 #B1BC36

tetradic

#36B1BC #8436BC #BC4136 #6EBC36

square

#36B1BC #8436BC #BC4136 #6EBC36

split-complementary

#36B1BC #BC366E #BC8436

monochromatic

#1B575D #28848C #36B1BC #5EC7D1 #8ED8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36B1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#36B1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1BC

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1BC	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.105 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8d0',
    500: '#36b1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1bc;
$custom-light: #81c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.925,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6992,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1BC

secondary

#C98A85

accent

#5549DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1BC

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

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