#36B3BC#36B3BC

#36B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3BC
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -30.30, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 33.56, 205.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0985 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.106 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7145, 36.6522, 53.2338)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3BC #BC3F36

analogous

#36BC82 #36B3BC #3670BC

triadic

#36B3BC #BC36B3 #B3BC36

tetradic

#36B3BC #8236BC #BC3F36 #70BC36

square

#36B3BC #8236BC #BC3F36 #70BC36

split-complementary

#36B3BC #BC3670 #BC8236

monochromatic

#1B585D #28868C #36B3BC #5EC9D1 #8ED9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#36B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#36B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3BC

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3BC	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cad0',
    500: '#36b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3bc;
$custom-light: #81cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.03,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7041,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3BC

secondary

#C98985

accent

#5349DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3BC

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

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