#36B5BA#36B5BA

#36B5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.107 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5BA
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -31.86, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 34.23, 201.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.1013 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.107 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9042, 37.3740, 52.2408)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5BA #BA3B36

analogous

#36BA7D #36B5BA #3673BA

triadic

#36B5BA #BA36B5 #B5BA36

tetradic

#36B5BA #7D36BA #BA3B36 #73BA36

square

#36B5BA #7D36BA #BA3B36 #73BA36

split-complementary

#36B5BA #BA3673 #BA7D36

monochromatic

#1A595B #28878B #36B5BA #5DCCD0 #8DDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#36B5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5BA

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5BA	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.107 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbce',
    500: '#36b5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5ba;
$custom-light: #81cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.273,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70827,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5BA

secondary

#C88684

accent

#4F49DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5BA

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

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