#36B2BE#36B2BE

#36B2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.106 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2BE
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -29.21, -15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 33.25, 208.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0966 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.106 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7319, 36.3396, 54.3106)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2BE #BE4236

analogous

#36BE86 #36B2BE #366EBE

triadic

#36B2BE #BE36B2 #B2BE36

tetradic

#36B2BE #8636BE #BE4236 #6EBE36

square

#36B2BE #8636BE #BE4236 #6EBE36

split-complementary

#36B2BE #BE366E #BE8636

monochromatic

#1B595F #28858E #36B2BE #60C8D2 #8FD8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#36B2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2BE

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2BE	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.106 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9d1',
    500: '#36b2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2be;
$custom-light: #81c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7024,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2BE

secondary

#CA8C86

accent

#5649DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2BE

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

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