#36B1BD#36B1BD

#36B1BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.106 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1BD
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -29.03, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 33.07, 208.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.096 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.106 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4247, 35.8996, 53.6709)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1BD #BD4236

analogous

#36BD85 #36B1BD #366EBD

triadic

#36B1BD #BD36B1 #B1BD36

tetradic

#36B1BD #8536BD #BD4236 #6EBD36

square

#36B1BD #8536BD #BD4236 #6EBD36

split-complementary

#36B1BD #BD366E #BD8536

monochromatic

#1B585E #28848D #36B1BD #5FC7D1 #8FD8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36B1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#36B1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1BD

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1BD	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.106 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8d0',
    500: '#36b1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1bd;
$custom-light: #81c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69958,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1BD

secondary

#C98B85

accent

#5649DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1BD

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

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