#36B4BB#36B4BB

#36B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.107 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4BB
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -31.09, -13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 33.88, 203.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0999 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.107 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8082, 37.0115, 52.7351)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4BB #BB3D36

analogous

#36BB80 #36B4BB #3671BB

triadic

#36B4BB #BB36B4 #B4BB36

tetradic

#36B4BB #8036BB #BB3D36 #71BB36

square

#36B4BB #8036BB #BB3D36 #71BB36

split-complementary

#36B4BB #BB3671 #BB8036

monochromatic

#1B595C #28868C #36B4BB #5ECAD0 #8DDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#36B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4BB

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4BB	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.107 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbcf',
    500: '#36b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4bb;
$custom-light: #81cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70618,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4BB

secondary

#C98884

accent

#5149DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4BB

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

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