#36B3BB#36B3BB

#36B3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3BB
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -30.60, -13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 33.62, 204.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0989 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.106 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6071, 36.6092, 52.6681)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3BB #BB3E36

analogous

#36BB81 #36B3BB #3671BB

triadic

#36B3BB #BB36B3 #B3BB36

tetradic

#36B3BB #8136BB #BB3E36 #71BB36

square

#36B3BB #8136BB #BB3E36 #71BB36

split-complementary

#36B3BB #BB3671 #BB8136

monochromatic

#1B585C #28868C #36B3BB #5ECAD0 #8DD9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#36B3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#36B3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3BB

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3BB	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cacf',
    500: '#36b3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3bb;
$custom-light: #81cacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.609,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70373,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3BB

secondary

#C98884

accent

#5249DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3BB

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

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