#36B4BF#36B4BF

#36B4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.107 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4BF
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -29.89, -15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 33.66, 207.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0982 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.107 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2424, 37.1852, 55.0218)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4BF #BF4136

analogous

#36BF86 #36B4BF #366FBF

triadic

#36B4BF #BF36B4 #B4BF36

tetradic

#36B4BF #8636BF #BF4136 #6FBF36

square

#36B4BF #8636BF #BF4136 #6FBF36

split-complementary

#36B4BF #BF366F #BF8636

monochromatic

#1B5A60 #29878F #36B4BF #60C9D2 #90D9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#36B4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#36B4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4BF

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4BF	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.107 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd2',
    500: '#36b4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4bf;
$custom-light: #81cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.818,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70766,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4BF

secondary

#CA8C87

accent

#5549DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4BF

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

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