#36B4BC#36B4BC

#36B4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.107 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4BC
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -30.79, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 33.81, 204.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0995 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.107 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9157, 37.0545, 53.3009)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4BC #BC3E36

analogous

#36BC81 #36B4BC #3671BC

triadic

#36B4BC #BC36B4 #B4BC36

tetradic

#36B4BC #8136BC #BC3E36 #71BC36

square

#36B4BC #8136BC #BC3E36 #71BC36

split-complementary

#36B4BC #BC3671 #BC8136

monochromatic

#1B595D #28868C #36B4BC #5ECAD1 #8EDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#36B4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4BC

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4BC	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.107 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd0',
    500: '#36b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4bc;
$custom-light: #81cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.582,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70654,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4BC

secondary

#C98985

accent

#5249DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4BC

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

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