#36B3BE#36B3BE

#36B3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3BE
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -29.70, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 33.47, 207.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0976 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.107 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9316, 36.7390, 54.3772)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3BE #BE4136

analogous

#36BE85 #36B3BE #366FBE

triadic

#36B3BE #BE36B3 #B3BE36

tetradic

#36B3BE #8536BE #BE4136 #6FBE36

square

#36B3BE #8536BE #BE4136 #6FBE36

split-complementary

#36B3BE #BE366F #BE8536

monochromatic

#1B595F #28868E #36B3BE #60C8D2 #8FD9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#36B3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#36B3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3BE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3BE	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cad1',
    500: '#36b3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3be;
$custom-light: #81cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.853,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70484,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3BE

secondary

#CA8B86

accent

#5549DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3BE

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

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