#36B3BF#36B3BF

#36B3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3BF
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -29.40, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 33.44, 208.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0972 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.107 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0413, 36.7829, 54.9548)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3BF #BF4236

analogous

#36BF86 #36B3BF #366FBF

triadic

#36B3BF #BF36B3 #B3BF36

tetradic

#36B3BF #8636BF #BF4236 #6FBF36

square

#36B3BF #8636BF #BF4236 #6FBF36

split-complementary

#36B3BF #BF366F #BF8636

monochromatic

#1B5A60 #29868F #36B3BF #60C8D2 #90D9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#36B3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3BF

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3BF	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cad2',
    500: '#36b3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3bf;
$custom-light: #81cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.255,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70522,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3BF

secondary

#CA8C87

accent

#5649DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3BF

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

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