#36B1BF#36B1BF

#36B1BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.106 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1BF
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -28.42, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 33.04, 210.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0952 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.106 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6433, 35.9870, 54.8221)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1BF #BF4436

analogous

#36BF88 #36B1BF #366DBF

triadic

#36B1BF #BF36B1 #B1BF36

tetradic

#36B1BF #8836BF #BF4436 #6DBF36

square

#36B1BF #8836BF #BF4436 #6DBF36

split-complementary

#36B1BF #BF366D #BF8836

monochromatic

#1B5960 #29858F #36B1BF #60C6D2 #90D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#36B1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#36B1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1BF

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1BF	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.106 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8d2',
    500: '#36b1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1bf;
$custom-light: #81c8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.131,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70034,
    "c": 0.10609,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1BF

secondary

#CA8D87

accent

#5849DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1BF

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

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