#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
RGBrgb(54, 179, 188)
HSLhsl(184, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(184, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.02, -30.30, -14.43)
CIE-LCHlch(67.02, 33.56, 205.46°)
OKLaboklab(70.41% -0.0985 -0.04)
OKLCHoklch(70.41% 0.106 202.1)
XYZxyz(26.7145, 36.6522, 53.2338)
Luminance0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36B3BC1.002.528.338.33
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3321.001.001.00
##0000008.3321.001.001.00

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

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#36B3BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva