#36B2BD#36B2BD

#36B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.106 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2BD
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -29.51, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 33.29, 207.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.097 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.106 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6230, 36.2961, 53.7370)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2BD #BD4136

analogous

#36BD85 #36B2BD #366EBD

triadic

#36B2BD #BD36B2 #B2BD36

tetradic

#36B2BD #8536BD #BD4136 #6EBD36

square

#36B2BD #8536BD #BD4136 #6EBD36

split-complementary

#36B2BD #BD366E #BD8536

monochromatic

#1B585E #28858D #36B2BD #5FC8D1 #8FD8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#36B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2BD

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2BD	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.106 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9d0',
    500: '#36b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2bd;
$custom-light: #81c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70202,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2BD

secondary

#C98B85

accent

#5549DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2BD

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

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