#36B2BF#36B2BF

#36B2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.106 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2BF
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -28.91, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 33.23, 209.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0962 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.106 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8416, 36.3835, 54.8882)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2BF #BF4336

analogous

#36BF87 #36B2BF #366EBF

triadic

#36B2BF #BF36B2 #B2BF36

tetradic

#36B2BF #8736BF #BF4336 #6EBF36

square

#36B2BF #8736BF #BF4336 #6EBF36

split-complementary

#36B2BF #BF366E #BF8736

monochromatic

#1B5960 #29868F #36B2BF #60C7D2 #90D8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#36B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2BF

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2BF	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.106 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9d2',
    500: '#36b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2bf;
$custom-light: #81c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.693,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70278,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2BF

secondary

#CA8D87

accent

#5749DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2BF

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

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