#36B1BE#36B1BE

#36B1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.106 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1BE
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -28.72, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 33.05, 209.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0956 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.106 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5337, 35.9431, 54.2445)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1BE #BE4336

analogous

#36BE87 #36B1BE #366DBE

triadic

#36B1BE #BE36B1 #B1BE36

tetradic

#36B1BE #8736BE #BE4336 #6DBE36

square

#36B1BE #8736BE #BE4336 #6DBE36

split-complementary

#36B1BE #BE366D #BE8736

monochromatic

#1B585F #28858E #36B1BE #60C7D2 #8FD8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#36B1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#36B1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1BE

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1BE	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.106 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8d1',
    500: '#36b1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1be;
$custom-light: #81c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.735,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69996,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1BE

secondary

#CA8C86

accent

#5749DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1BE

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

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