#36B3BD#36B3BD

#36B3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3BD
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -30.00, -14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 33.51, 206.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.098 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.106 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8227, 36.6954, 53.8035)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3BD #BD4036

analogous

#36BD83 #36B3BD #3670BD

triadic

#36B3BD #BD36B3 #B3BD36

tetradic

#36B3BD #8336BD #BD4036 #70BD36

square

#36B3BD #8336BD #BD4036 #70BD36

split-complementary

#36B3BD #BD3670 #BD8336

monochromatic

#1B595E #28868D #36B3BD #5FC9D1 #8FD9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#36B3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#36B3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3BD

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3BD	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cad0',
    500: '#36b3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3bd;
$custom-light: #81cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70447,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3BD

secondary

#C98A85

accent

#5449DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3BD

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

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