#36B4BE#36B4BE

#36B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.107 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4BE
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -30.19, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 33.70, 206.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0986 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.107 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1327, 37.1413, 54.4442)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4BE #BE4036

analogous

#36BE84 #36B4BE #3670BE

triadic

#36B4BE #BE36B4 #B4BE36

tetradic

#36B4BE #8436BE #BE4036 #70BE36

square

#36B4BE #8436BE #BE4036 #70BE36

split-complementary

#36B4BE #BE3670 #BE8436

monochromatic

#1B5A5F #28878E #36B4BE #60C9D2 #8FD9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#36B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#36B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4BE

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4BE	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.107 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd1',
    500: '#36b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4be;
$custom-light: #81cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.412,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70729,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4BE

secondary

#CA8B86

accent

#5449DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4BE

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

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