#36B2BC#36B2BC

#36B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.106 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2BC
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -29.82, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 33.33, 206.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0975 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.106 203)
XYZ	xyz(26.5148, 36.2528, 53.1673)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2BC #BC4036

analogous

#36BC83 #36B2BC #366FBC

triadic

#36B2BC #BC36B2 #B2BC36

tetradic

#36B2BC #8336BC #BC4036 #6FBC36

square

#36B2BC #8336BC #BC4036 #6FBC36

split-complementary

#36B2BC #BC366F #BC8336

monochromatic

#1B585D #28858C #36B2BC #5EC8D1 #8ED8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#36B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2BC

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2BC	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.106 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9d0',
    500: '#36b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2bc;
$custom-light: #81c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.478,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70165,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.36256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2BC

secondary

#C98A85

accent

#5449DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2BC

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

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